Officials warned that rescue efforts were being suspended because of the hurricane’s severity.
Islanders are hunkering down for nearly two days of dangerous hurricane conditions.
The storm could lash the low-lying islands 48 hours or more before moving toward the U.S. coast.
President Iván Duque dismissed the rebels as “delinquents” and “criminals” and announced a reward for their capture.
Skepticism about the talks in Oslo remains high among opposition leaders and U.S. officials, some of whom say Maduro may be trying to prevent further international isolation.
After years of largely middle-class migration, aid officials see an uptick in the poor, the elderly and the disabled leaving the South American nation.
The move represents a significant escalation against Maduro’s socialist government.
The president’s fate remains central to prospects of a breakthrough in deadlocked negotiations.
The debut of 3G wireless service and the spread of WiFi are giving ordinary Cubans a new voice.
The Mormon missionary has been jailed in Venezuela for two years over accusations that he was trafficking weapons.