41 h. ago Cuba announces days of mourning following deaths of officers in US Venezuelan strike

Cuba and Venezuela maintain close economic and political ties, with agreements spanning security and energy

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61 h. ago Key moments in the US arrest of and case against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife

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2 d. ago How Venezuela’s military is DWARFED by US firepower with just 200 warplanes vs Trump’s 13,000 after Maduro captured

DONALD Trump’s administration insists the US is not at war with Venezuela, even as America’s overwhelming military strength exposes just how outmatched Nicolás Maduro’s forces really are. US officials say the operation that led to Maduro’s capture was a targeted strike against narcotrafficking and criminal networks, not a conflict with the Venezuelan people. But the...

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2 d. ago Pete Hegseth issues formal censure to Democratic senator Mark Kelly

US defense secretary also started proceedings that could strip Kelly from retired military rank and cut pensionDefense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that he had issued a formal censure to Democratic senator Mark Kelly and initiated proceedings that could strip the Arizona lawmaker of his retired military rank and cut his pension, escalating a dispute that began when Kelly urged service members to resist unlawful orders.Just days after a covert mission to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and strike the capital city, Hegseth announced that Kelly faces retirement grade determination proceedings, a rare administrative action that could see the former astronaut and navy captain demoted in his retired rank. Hegseth accused Kelly of making “seditious statements” that undermined military discipline. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Revealed: How overthrown Venezuelan president Maduro helped strike deal that gave Londoners cheap bus fares

20 years on, Ken Livingstone’s cheap oil deal with Venezuela remains one of the most extraordinary - and controversial - initiatives by a London mayor

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3 d. ago Cuba confirms 32 officers were killed during US attack on Venezuela

Cuba’s government announced two days of mourning

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6 d. ago Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’

Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dockThe Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his “illegal warmongering” and begin “serious talks” with his administration as mystery continued to surround a purported pre-Christmas CIA airstrike on the South American country.Speaking during an hour-long TV interview, Maduro declined to confirm reports of the apparent US attack, which would be the first on Venezuelan soil since Trump began his five-month campaign of military pressure in August. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Venezuela open to talks on drug trafficking, says Maduro, but refuses to comment on reported US strike on land

President Nicolás Maduro reiterated his belief that the US wants to force a change of government in Venezuela and gain access to its vast oil reserves Venezuela is open to negotiating an agreement with the US to combat drug trafficking, the country’s president Nicolás Maduro has said, but he declined to comment on a reported CIA-led strike on a Venezuelan docking area that Donald Trump claimed was used by cartels.Maduro, in the pre-recorded interview with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, reiterated his belief that the US wants to force a change of government in Venezuela and gain access to its vast oil reserves through its months-long pressure campaign that began with a massive military deployment to the Caribbean Sea in August. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago CIA carries out first drone strike on Venezuelan soil in latest escalation of Trump admin’s attacks on ‘narco terrorists’

US targeted alleged drug traffickers in first-known land attack inside the country

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9 d. ago CIA 'carries out drone strike' on Venezuelan port as Trump says boat 'loaded with drugs'

The strike marks the first known US attack on a target inside Venezuela, with no casualties reported - Trump described it as a 'major explosion' in the overseas dock

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9 d. ago CIA 'carries out drone strike' on Venezuelan drug port in first US land attack inside the country

The CIA drone strike was carried out on a remote dock on the coast of Venezuela believed to used by the Tren de Aragua gang to stockpile and transfer drugs.

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9 d. ago US 'launches drone strike' on Venezuelan port where Trump said boats are 'loaded with drugs'

The strike did not appear to attract much attention, even within the country, but does run the risk of escalating tension between the US President Trump and Venezuelan President Maduro

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9 d. ago Donald Trump confirms first US hits on Venezuelan territory with direct strike

The US has targeted a 'big facility' in Venezuela, President Donald Trump has said. 'Two nights ago, we knocked that out,' Trump said adding the US 'hit them very hard'

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