Disruptions in the energy markets as a result of US sanctions against Venezuela's oil company PDVSA are not likely because the markets are well-supplied, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Sandra Oudkirk said in a congressional hearing on Wednesday

The United States has introduced visas against the members of Venezuela's Supreme Court, US Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said in a hearing before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday

Congress would not support a US military intervention in Venezuela, House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel said during a hearing on the crisis in Venezuela on Wednesday

The Bulgarian authorities froze assets of Venezuelan state oil and gas giant PDVSA in national banks, local media reported on Wednesday, citing Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov

Pope Francis has responded to an appeal from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for the Holy See's help in the settlement of the domestic crisis in Venezuela, saying that Caracas' past pledges have not been kept, Italian media reported on Wednesday

Brazil extended the deployment of military police at the northern border with Venezuela for two months on Wednesday over deteriorating public security

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) continues cooperating with the Venezuelan government amid the political crisis in the country, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler told Sputnik, praising Caracas for its willingness to cooperate

The UN refugee agency needs $60 million to plug a funding hole for relief efforts inside Venezuela, which in total should cost $109 million, the agency's spokesman, William Spindler, told Sputnik

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has been scaling up its operations in crisis-torn Venezuela and reinforcing its presence in border areas of neighboring countries and is ready to do more if it has enough resources, the organization's spokesman, William Spindler, told Sputnik

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesman William Spindler told Sputnik that around an average of 5,000 Venezuelans per day were leaving the country amid the country's escalating political crisis, which is the same rate that was recorded in 2018