The Italian government has met to discuss the case of an Italian national arrested in Venezuela two months ago and held without formal charges.

Italy has protested Venezuela's lack of information over the arrest of Italian NGO worker Alberto Trentini in Caracas. Despite being detained for over two months, no charges have been filed. Tensions rise as Italy criticizes Venezuela's political climate and previously managed to secure a journalist's release from Iran.

Venezuela's Foreign Ministry Tuesday instructed The Netherlands, France, and Italy to cut down their diplomatic missions in Caracas to three members each following what the Bolivarian regime described as “meddling in internal affairs.

Venezuela said Tuesday it had cut to three the number of accredited diplomats allowed at the French, Italian and Dutch embassies, citing their governments' "hostile" response to the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for a third term.

The United States, European Union, G7 and several democratic neighbors have refused to recognize his reelection, and France, Italy and the Netherlands last ... The international airport, Simon Bolivar, which serves Caracas, is 23 kilometers from the ...

Venezuela announced Tuesday that it has reduced to three the number of diplomats who can be accredited at the French, Italian and Dutch embassies due to the "hostile" response of their governments to the installation of President Nicolas Maduro for a third term.

France ordered the Venezuelan embassy to downsize its diplomatic staff in Paris after Caracas demanded the same from French diplomats. This tit-for-tat move stems from Venezuela's restrictions on European diplomats following President Maduro's controversial inauguration,

France ordered the Venezuelan embassy to reduce its diplomatic staff in Paris on Wednesday, giving some diplomats five days to leave the country in a tit-for-tat move after Caracas ordered French and other European diplomats out.

President-elect Donald Trump says Venezuela's embattled opposition leader must be protected as President Nicolas Maduro takes the oath of office for a third six-year term.

ROME (Reuters) - Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat in Rome on Wednesday ... Daily la Repubblica reported that Trentini was stopped on Nov. 15 at a roadblock, taken to a jail in Caracas, and denied contact with his family. His mother told the ...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat ... was stopped on Nov. 15 at a roadblock, taken to a jail in Caracas, and denied contact with his family. His mother told the newspaper ...

Donald Trump says Venezuela's embattled opposition leader must be protected, as President Nicolas Maduro prepares to take the oath again after allegedly stealing an election.