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...
Donald Trump

Trump Hails ‘Spectacular’ Operation Against Maduro, Puts Venezuela’s Oil at Center of Crisis

Donald Trump stunned allies and critics alike on Saturday by shifting the focus of a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela away from drugs and security and squarely onto oil, repeatedly portraying the seizure of Nicolás Maduro as an act...
Venezuela

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...
US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer

Democratic Lawmakers Say Trump Administration Misled Congress on Venezuela Regime Change, Demand Clear Plan as President Cites Risk of Leaks

Democratic lawmakers accused the administration of President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jan 3) of misleading Congress about its intentions toward Venezuela, saying senior officials had repeatedly denied any plan for regime change or major military action just weeks before the...
Venezuelans celebrate after US President Donald Trump said the US has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores

Legal Storm After US Forces Seize Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro: Was the Capture of Nicolas Maduro Lawful?

The early-morning capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro by United States forces on Saturday, January 3, has triggered a storm of legal, diplomatic and constitutional debate, marking one of the most extraordinary uses of American military power against a foreign...
Venezuela

US Capture of Venezuela’s Maduro Sparks Global Alarm Over International Law and Regional Stability

United States President Donald Trump has made little effort to conceal his desire for political change in Venezuela. For years, Washington has portrayed President Nicolas Maduro as an illegitimate leader presiding over a failed state, citing disputed elections, repression of...
Venezuela

EU Urges Respect for International Law After Trump Announces Capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in U.S. Military Operation

The European Union on Saturday urged restraint and strict adherence to international law after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had been captured in a U.S. military operation, an extraordinary development that has heightened international concern...
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...
La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 3, 2026

Trump Claims US Forces Have ‘Captured’ Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro After Large-Scale Strikes, Triggering Regional and Global Alarm

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been “captured and flown out of the country” following what he described as a “large-scale” US military operation, a dramatic escalation that has sent...
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