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Venezuela Frees Political Prisoners Amid US Pressure and Family Frustration

Venezuela on Monday announced the release of dozens more political prisoners, a move that rights groups questioned as families clamored for speedier action following the US-backed ouster of long-term autocrat Nicolás Maduro. The interim government in Caracas, under President Delcy...
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Trump Declares U.S. Is “Running” Venezuela After Maduro’s Removal, Promises Oil Companies Will “Start Making Money” as Delcy Rodríguez Consolidates Power

In a dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Latin America, President Donald Trump has declared that the United States will now be “running” Venezuela after American forces bombed Caracas on January 3, removed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from...
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CIA-Linked LM-100J Super Hercules Touches Down in Venezuela as U.S. Diplomatic Team Arrives

A CIA-linked LM-100J Super Hercules aircraft operated by U.S. private contractor Pallas Aviation landed briefly at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas on January 10, drawing attention amid renewed U.S. engagement in Venezuela. The aircraft, identified by callsign WDE08 and...
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China’s Latin America Strategy at Risk: US Seizure of Venezuela Leader Signals Assertive Trump Doctrine in Western Hemisphere, Challenging China’s Economic Diplomacy and Geopolitical Footprint

The United States’ direct operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, has sent shockwaves across the world, prompting widespread condemnation and raising profound questions about regional geopolitics, economic interests, and...
Venezuela- Colombia Border , Tienditas Bridge

Life at Standstill in Caracas as US Assault and Maduro’s Arrest Plunge Venezuela Into Political Limbo

Caracas awoke on Sunday to a city suspended between fear and disbelief, just 24 hours after the United States launched its first-ever large-scale military attack on South American soil and detained Venezuela’s long-time president, Nicolás Maduro. The overnight assault, carried...
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Venezuela Closes Ranks Behind Nicolas Maduro as U.S. Seizure of President Triggers Global Shock, Sovereignty Crisis and Fears of Prolonged Intervention

Venezuela’s socialist government moved swiftly on Sunday to project unity and control after the dramatic capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the United States, an unprecedented act that has plunged the oil-rich South American nation into its deepest political crisis...
La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 3, 2026

How Hugo Chávez’s Long-Warned “Yankee Invasion” Finally Arrived in Maduro’s Venezuela

For years it was treated as political theatre, a fevered fantasy repeated so often that it lost its power to shock. The Yankees are coming. Hugo Chávez warned of it endlessly during his 14 years in power, conjuring visions of...
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United States Seizes Venezuela’s Leader: Who Will Run the Country?

In a stunning and unprecedented move, the United States has seized Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in a nighttime operation in Caracas, raising immediate questions about who will govern the South American nation of nearly 30 million people. According to former...
Nicolas Maduro

Nicolas Maduro: From Bus Driver to Iron-Fisted Leader, Rising to Power in 2013 and Securing Controversial Re-Elections in 2018 and 2024 Amid Allegations of Fraud

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the nation’s controversial strongman for more than a decade, was seized early Saturday by US special forces in an operation that has sent shockwaves through Caracas and the international community. The 63-year-old former bus driver, who...
La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 3, 2026

World Reacts With Alarm After Trump Claims Capture of Venezuela’s Maduro in U.S. Military Operation

World leaders expressed shock and deep concern on Sunday following reports of a late-night U.S. military operation in Venezuela that President Donald Trump said resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Governments across...
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