Argentina’s court officials say the five remaining crew members of a Venezuelan cargo plane detained since June have been granted permission to leave the country.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the country has received the third Iran-made oil tanker to boost its oil sale drive.

Argentine authorities say they have allowed 12 crew members of a Venezuelan plane detained in June at the request of the US to leave.

Caracas offers five million hectares of land following agricultural investment agreements with producers from Iran and other countries.

Venezuela and Colombia have restored full diplomatic relations after a three-year logjam with the two South American neighbors exchanging ambassadors for the first time since 2019.

Defying US sanctions against Caracas, China has assigned a defense firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil​​​​​​​ as part of a deal to offset the sanctions-battered Latin American country's debt to Beijing.

Colombia says the full reopening of the border with Venezuela will take place sooner rather than later but it depends on legal conditions and the overall restoration of bilateral ties between the two estranged neighbors.

A Venezuelan government delegation on Thursday held a protest outside Argentina's embassy in Caracas against the grounding of a cargo plane and its crew in Buenos Aires on the US diktat.

Venezuela and Colombia have appointed new ambassadors to their respective capitals in a move to rebuild ties following years of tension.

Venezuela will become a “food producing and exporting power” in the near future, President Maduro said.