2 h. ago Russia sends submarine to escort 'Axis of Evil' tanker as WW3 fears rise

Russia has deployed a submarine and naval vessels to escort an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast after President Maduro's capture, fuelling concerns over growing global tensions

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4 h. ago Donald Trump says 'thank you' as up to '50 million barrels of oil' to be turned over from Venezuela

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States following Maduro's capture

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8 h. ago Donald Trump says ousted Maduro imitated his signature dance moves weeks before being captured in US raid

DONALD Trump has said ousted Nicolas Maduro imitated his dance moves in the weeks before he was captured by US troops. And there have been claims that the Venezuelan leader’s public mockery of his US counterpart’s singing and boogying was the breaking point for Mr Trump. During a speech in Washington DC, Trump alluded to...

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10 h. ago Venezuela live updates: At least 24 of country’s security officers and ‘many Cubans’ reportedly killed in Trump’s Maduro operation

President Trump said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela after U.S. stealth operation to capture autocratic leader Nicolas Maduro

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10 h. ago Venezuela live updates: US may intercept fleeing oil tanker off UK coastline days after Maduro capture

President Trump said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela after U.S. stealth operation to capture autocratic leader Nicolas Maduro

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11 h. ago Venezuela latest: At least 24 of country’s security officers and ‘many Cubans’ reportedly killed in Trump’s Maduro operation

President Trump said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela after U.S. stealth operation to capture autocratic leader Nicolas Maduro

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11 h. ago Trump's Venezuela gamble hailed a success as exclusive poll reveals how many Americans back Maduro's capture by Delta Force

More Americans support President Donald Trump's decision to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro than don't, new polling from the Daily Mail has found.

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12 h. 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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12 h. 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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13 h. 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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13 h. ago Jon Stewart on Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela: ‘This is all exhausting’

Late-night hosts react to Trump’s shocking attack on Venezuela and surprise capture of Nicolás MaduroLate-night hosts tore into the Trump administration’s surprise military attack on Caracas, capture of president Nicolás Maduro and vague plans to “run” Venezuela. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Venezuela live updates: Trump says ‘nobody can take us’ after US military’s stealth capture of Maduro

President Trump said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing country to hold elections

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14 h. ago How the US captured Nicolas Maduro: Inside President Donald Trump's extraordinary early

Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation overnight on January 2. Elite US troops, including the Army's Delta Force, created an exact replica of Maduro's safe house.

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15 h. ago Captured Nicolas Maduro becomes 'fashion icon' as Nike tracksuit sells out

After the image of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro emerging online after being captured, he has quickly become a style icon - with his Nike tracksuit selling out overnight

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16 h. ago ‘She was the brains, Maduro was the brawn’: Cilia Flores’ role in Venezuela

Flores, Nicolás Maduro’s wife, wielded far more power than just being a first lady and played a front line role in politicsBefore pleading “not guilty” at her first court hearing after she and her husband, Nicolás Maduro, were captured by US special forces, Cilia Flores made a point of adding, in Spanish: “I am first lady of the Republic of Venezuela.”But Maduro himself and others close to the couple agree that she was always far more than that. Before her rendition to New York, Flores wielded power comparable with – and at times greater than – that of other figures from the regime, including Delcy Rodríguez, the former vice-president who is now the country’s acting leader. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago ‘She was the brains, Maduro was the brawn’: Cilia Flores’s role in Venezuela

Flores, Nicolás Maduro’s wife, wielded far more power than just being a first lady and played a front line role in politicsBefore pleading “not guilty” at her first court hearing after she and her husband, Nicolás Maduro, were captured by US special forces, Cilia Flores made a point of adding, in Spanish: “I am first lady of the Republic of Venezuela.”But Maduro himself and others close to the couple agree that she was always far more than that. Before her rendition to New York, Flores wielded power comparable with – and at times greater than – that of other figures from the regime, including Delcy Rodríguez, the former vice-president who is now the country’s acting leader. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Venezuela could be just the first domino of Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' as it's revealed he told oil exec to 'get ready' before ousting Maduro

The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro could be just the first step in an ambitious campaign as a new document lays out Trump's playbook to reshape the world order.

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17 h. 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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18 h. ago Gunfire heard near Venezuelan presidential palace days after Maduro’s capture

Gunfire was heard near the Venezuelan presidential palace on Monday (5 January), days after US forces captured and deposed Nicolas Maduro.

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18 h. ago Brits disapprove of Donald Trump's Venezuela raid, poll shows

A YouGov poll found 51 per cent of Britons disapprove of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a military operation.

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