21 h. ago Russia demands release of Maduro and condemns US ‘crimes’ in Venezuela

Russia condemned US actions in Venezuela and urged the immediate release of detained Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a United Nations Security Council session on Monday (5 January).

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24 h. ago Delcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warning

Venezuela’s interim leader offers to work with US after Trump threatened that she could pay ‘very big price’Analysis: Delcy Rodríguez must walk tightrope as Venezuela’s interim leaderVenezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has offered to work with the US, dialing down the confrontational tone she intially adopted after the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro.In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Delcy Rodríguez named acting Venezuela president as Donald Trump sends warning

The 55-year-old vice-president stepped into the nation's top job after chairing an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers in Caracas, with officials confirming her first cabinet meeting as acting president

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34 h. ago Acting president of Venezuela named as Delcy Rodríguez as Donald Trump sends 'big price' warning

She called the US rendition of Nicolás Maduro a 'kidnapping' and an illegal act of aggression - Rodríguez chaired an emergency meeting over the weekend in Venezuela

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46 h. ago Venezuela's new hardline socialist leader Delcy Rodriguez hurls insults at Trump as Rubio sets out US demands and says 'adversaries' cannot control the country's oil

Delcy Rodriguez, Nicolás Maduro's vice president, has been confirmed as the acting president of Venezuela by the country's Supreme Courtfollowing the US' capture of Maduro yesterday.

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67 h. ago Squirming Keir Starmer refuses to say whether he backs Trump's capture of Nicolas Maduro

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say whether US President Donald Trump's military action against Venezuela may have broken international law. 

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67 h. ago Republicans praise ‘Peace President’ Trump’s latest military action in Venezuela

Republicans largely praise Trump as one of Trump’s last critics leaves Congress

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2 w. ago Sheinbaum urges UN to ‘prevent bloodshed’ after Trump orders Venezuela blockade

Mexican leader warns of conflict as US president targets sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaWhat action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil industry?Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has urged the United Nations to “prevent any bloodshed” in Venezuela, as Donald Trump piled more pressure on the South American country.“The United Nations has been conspicuously absent. It must assume its role to prevent any bloodshed and to always seek the peaceful resolution of conflicts,” the leftwing president told reporters the morning after Washington announced a blockade of “sanctioned oil tankers” entering or leaving Venezuela. Continue reading...

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