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Grace Eliza Goodwin,Cristobal VasquezandTom Bateman,State department correspondentReutersAs the dust settles in Caracas, Venezuelans are reacting to the news of President Nicolás Maduro’s capture by the US with hope, fear, and uncertainty. People began to emerge in the streets Saturday after a night rocked by explosions in the Caracas Valley, with moods that ranged from celebration to condemnation. Dina, a local resident, told the BBC that for now, she is grateful to the US for “taking Maduro out of here” because now, she “at least can see some light at the end of the tunnel again”. But the political climate remains…
André Rhoden-Paul and Mallory MoenchandBBC VerifyWatch: How the US attack on Venezuela unfoldedThe US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro after a large-scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said. Venezuela’s left-wing president and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, are at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, US media reports, after they were flown to an air base in New York. They have been charged with drug and weapons offences. Trump, who shared a photo of Maduro in blindfolds on USS Iwo Jima, said it was a military operation carried out in conjunction with US law…
Watch: How the US attack on Venezuela unfoldedThe US will “run” Venezuela until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” can be ensured, Donald Trump has said, after US strikes led to the capture of country’s President Nicolas Maduro.US oil companies would also fix Venezuela’s “broken infrastructure” and “start making money for the country”, the US president said. The US launched strikes on Venezuela on Saturday morning in which Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, were captured by US forces and removed from the country. Venezuela announced a state of national emergency and denounced the “military aggression”, with the…
In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress. Source link
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, next in the line of succession, and other top Venezuelan officials issued defiant pronouncements after Mr. Maduro’s capture. Source link
Venezuela broadcasts messages of resistance from Maduro loyalists after the U.S. attack. Source link
The Venezuelan leader is now in U.S. custody. Decades earlier, the United States deposed the strongman who led Panama. Source link
The interim leader is known for hewing to left-wing ideals, facing sanctions by the U.S. and European Union and building bridges with Venezuela’s business community. Source link
new video loaded: Why Trump Removed Venezuela’s MaduroDavid E. Sanger, our national security correspondent, describes the implications of President Trump’s launching of the attack that captured the Venezuelan president, and Trump’s declaration that the United States would “run the country.”By David E. Sanger, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Leila Medina and June KimJanuary 3, 2026 Source link
Nicolás Maduro balked at a gilded exile. U.S. officials then saw a more pliant option in his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, known for stabilizing Venezuela’s economy. Source link
Nicolás Maduro balked at a gilded exile. U.S. officials then saw a more pliant option in his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, known for stabilizing Venezuela’s economy. Source link
Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia and props for tourists. Source link
Opponents of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela called it illegal. Supporters celebrated the ouster of Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian president. Source link
President Trump said that Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, would help the United States run Venezuela. She quickly said the opposite. Source link
Trump administration declines to back Venezuela’s opposition leader. Source link
The operation revives disputes over the legality of the 1989 Panama intervention, enhanced by President Trump’s vow to “run” Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro’s formal status as president. Source link
The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump. Source link
President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building as he declared that the United States had toppled Venezuela’s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period. Source link
Opponents of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela called it illegal and warned of a widening war. Supporters celebrated an authoritarian president’s fall. Source link
Here’s the latest. Source link
Nicolás Maduro was deeply unpopular. But those who opposed him worry that U.S. intervention may reap further instability. Source link
Opponents of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela called it illegal and warned of a widening war. Supporters celebrated an authoritarian president’s fall. Source link
Days before he was captured, Nicolás Maduro expounded on his precarious position — and tried to offer an olive branch to President Trump. Source link
The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York. Source link
