More than 250 Venezuelans who had been jailed in El Salvador landed back in the South American nation on Friday, after an unexpected breakthrough in ongoing talks between Nicolás Maduro’s government and the US.

As inflation surges under President Trump’s renewed sanctions, Venezuelan authorities are trying to keep a lid on the country’s worsening financial situation.

Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

A group of 10 Americans freed in a hostage exchange with Venezuela included a U.S. Navy sailor and a water sports fan, reports say. When contacted for comment, the U.S. State Department told Newsweek on Saturday that for privacy reasons, the individuals would not be identified nor their cases disclosed.

Former Pentagon official Alex Plitsas provides analysis of the Trump administration’s prisoner swap with Venezuela.

The arrangement will allow as many as 250 Venezuelan men — deported from the U.S. to El Salvador before being sent back to Venezuela — to seek relief in U.S. courts.

Nicolás Maduro has been in power for 10 years in Venezuela. In that decade, he has overseen a period of economic collapse, corruption, a sharp increase in poverty, environmental devastation and ...

They came without warning—often at night, without warrants or explanations. One moment, a journalist was driving home. A student stood at a border checkpoint. A lawyer met with union leaders. The next,