64 h. ago ‘It’s a farce’: families of Venezuela political prisoners still await their release

Critics believe ‘drip drip’ of releases after Maduro’s dramatic seizure an attempt by regime to ‘keep the US satisfied’In the days after Nicolás Maduro was accused of stealing Venezuela’s 2024 election, the relatives of hundreds of protesters captured during the ensuing clampdown flocked to the Zone 7 police detention centre in search of incarcerated loved ones.Now, after the tables turned dramatically and Maduro finds himself locked up in the US, the families have returned to demand the immediate release of every last one of their country’s political prisoners. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Venezuelan soldiers 'bled and collapsed' after US deployed powerful sonic weapon during dramatic Maduro capture, according to eyewitness account

The United States launched a strike on Venezuela on January 3, capturing President Nicolas Maduro on drug trafficking charges.

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2 w. ago Maduro is gone, but his regime is intact. The circumstances tell a story | Alejandro Velasco

In the early fray of foreign interventions, evidence is largely circumstantial. But here the circumstances tell a powerful storyAs late as Saturday afternoon, fires continued to smolder in parts of Caracas. Residents throughout the city, stunned and anxious, filled grocery stores and gas stations, stocking up before a future unknown. Everywhere the question hung in the air like the smoke still clouding Venezuela’s capital: what next?After months of military buildup, deadly strikes at sea and a looming ground war, the United States made good on its threats to attack Venezuela in a dramatic overnight raid that ended with Nicolás Maduro in a New York City jail cell. Yet 48 hours later, little else appeared different in Caracas: Maduro’s inner circle remained in place; state institutions remained in their control; streets were calm, if tense, while authorities called on people to return to their daily lives. In other words: move along, nothing to see here.Alejandro Velasco is an associa...

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3 w. ago From dramatic capture in Venezuela to a New York courtroom: How Maduro’s extraordinary arrest unfolded minute by minute

Nicolas Maduro was snatched from Venezuela by the U.S. military, throwing the country’s future into chaos. James C. Reynolds reports on how operation Absolute Resolve was planned and executed

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3 w. ago Mystery trader made suspicious £300m Nicolas Maduro bet hours before US capture

Congress is now considering banning insider trading on prediction markets after a mystery trader made an astonishing sum by doubling down on a bet about Nicolas Maduro, who was dramatically captured by US forces last week

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3 w. ago Nicolas Maduro could face the death penalty after dramatic US capture

US special forces captured Nicolas Maduro and his wife while they were sleeping at their home in Caracas, before he was taken back to New York to face drug-trafficking charges

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3 w. ago Cruise ship carrying Brits circling Barbados over and over after Trump Venezuela raid

A cruise ship carrying British tourists and circling Barbados has been left "in limbo" after Donald Trump dramatically invaded Venezuela to remove leader Nicolas Maduro.

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3 w. ago Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn

‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics sayDonald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging – and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the climate”, experts say.Trump has aggressively sought to boost oil and gas production within the US. Now, following the capture and arrest of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, he is seeking to orchestrate a ramp-up of drilling in Venezuela, which has the largest known reserves of oil in the world – equivalent to some 300bn barrels, according to research firm the Energy Institute. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch says Donald Trump's US was 'morally right' to snatch 'brutal' Venezuelan dictator Maduro from his lair in daring raid

The Conservative leader cited her upbringing in military-ruled Nigeria as she backed the shock move by the United States at the weekend.

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3 w. ago Creator of Jack Ryan responds to rumors show predicted Maduro's ouster in Venezuela

The creator of Jack Ryan is rejecting claims that the show predicted the downfall of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro after US forces captured him in a dramatic overnight operation on Saturday.

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3 w. ago US names its three biggest priorities for Venezuela after dramatic raid and Maduro capture... as unanswered questions remain

The US Secretary of State discussed what the country hopes to accomplish following the detention of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday.

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3 w. ago Brutal Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro dramatically 'seized by US as he tried to flee to panic room'

US special forces dropped from helicopters directly into President Nicolas Maduro's compound - Fort Tiuna - in the centre of Caracas as fighter jets launched air strikes across the capital.

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3 w. ago Nicolas Maduro lands in New York after being 'dragged from his bedroom'

Former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro arrived in New York in handcuffs following a dramatic US operation in Caracas, where he is expected to face charges including narco-terrorism and cocaine-importation conspiracy

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