37 m. ago Venezuela latest: Maduro arrives at New York City court to face narco

Venezuelan president was captured in a dramatic overnight military operation over the weekend

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47 m. ago The Latest: Maduro arrives at US courthouse to face drug trafficking charges

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York

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51 m. ago Venezuela live updates: Nicolás Maduro arrives at Manhattan court

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrive at Daniel Patrick Moynihan courthouse in Manhattan where the full list of charges will be read later todayTense calm spreads at border with Colombia after Maduro captureAnalysis: European leaders appear torn in face of new world orderA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Trump had captured Nicolás Maduro and said America would “run” Venezuela, Home Office minister Mike Tapp said:This is for Donald Trump to answer, and I think he has said in his press conference, which I watched with interest around narco-terrorism and that threat. Continue reading...

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92 m. ago Nicolas Maduro shuffles into police SUV in orange prison garb as Venezuelan president is driven from hellhole NYC jail for first court appearance on drugs and gun charges

Nicolas Madurohas been shuffled into a police SUV this morning, sporting orange prison garb, as he makes his way from an NYCjail to his first court appearance.

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95 m. ago Instant karma: Moment Venezuelan soldier 'fires a Manpad rocket at US helicopter before being instantly hit by return fire'

The clash occurred during America's daring mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife at their fortified compound.

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1 hour ago Sir Keir Starmer issues statement after Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland

It comes after the US president suggested that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention

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3 h. ago Donald Trump's next 9 targets for US takeover and why he wants to dominate world

Venezuela isn’t the only country in US President Donald Trump has his eyes on, from Canada and Colombia to Cuba, Greenland, and even Mars, the president is sparking global alarm

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3 h. ago Was Maduro capture an inside job? Secret talks in the Middle East, a CIA team on the ground and conspiracy theorists question why US didn't meet heavier opposition

During the talks, mediated by a senior member of the Qatari royal family, Rodríguez presented herself to the US as a 'more acceptable' alternative to the dictator.

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3 h. ago Gold and defence stocks rise after Trump's Venezuela strikes

Gold and defence stocks are rising this morning after the surprise capture of the Venezuelan president over the weekend.

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4 h. ago Government to address nation from 2.30pm today as Keir Starmer criticism mounts

The US flexed it's military and intelligence capabilities on Saturday when they 'captured' Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in a top secret strike that shocked the world

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5 h. ago Nicolás Maduro to appear in New York court on drugs and weapons charges

Deposed Venezuelan president was controversially captured over weekend amid US military interventionDeposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court on Monday afternoon on drugs and weapons charges after his controversial capture by US Special Forces this weekend.Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were seized in a shocking pre-dawn raid at a compound on Saturday during an assault on Caracas. At least 40 people, including civilians and Venezuelan military members, died in the attack, the New York Times reported. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Foreign Secretary expected to address MPs on US operation in Venezuela

Yvette Cooper is expected to update the Commons on the US removal of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela.

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6 h. ago Maduro is set to make his first appearance in a US courtroom on drug trafficking charges

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance in an American courtroom

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7 h. ago Venezuela live updates: interim president offers to ‘collaborate’ with US after Trump warns of further strikes

Delcy Rodríguez adopts conciliatory tone as she stands in for Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan leader captured by American forces and brought to USTense calm spreads at border with Colombia after Maduro captureAnalysis: European leaders appear torn in face of new world orderKeir Starmer has said when asked if he would condemn the US action in Venezuela that he wants to wait to “establish the facts” and speak to Donald Trump, while insisting the UK would “shed no tears” over the end of Maduro’s regime.However, some of the British prime minister’s own MPs have been more outspoken, criticising America’s actions as a breach of international law.Now a [Labour government] won’t even defend them. This silence isn’t diplomacy. It’s the moral equivalent of a white flag. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik

It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAEI never thought it possible that you could look back on the Iraq war, and the foreign invasions of the “war on terror” in general, and feel some measure of nostalgia. For a time when there were at least concerted attempts to justify unilateral interventions and illegal wars in the name of global security, and even a moral duty to liberate the women of Afghanistan or “free the Iraqi people”.Now, as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, is in essence abducted and Venezuela taken over by the US, there is barely any effort to situate the coup in any reasoning other than the US’s interests. Nor are there any attempts to solicit consent from domestic or international law-making bodies and allies, let alone the public. The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secret...

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8 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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9 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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10 h. ago Trump news at a glance: Republicans backpedal on claims US will ‘run’ Venezuela

Trump has called on Venezuela’s interim leader to adhere to US demands as top Republicans scramble to answer questions about what happens next – key US politics stories from 4 January 2026Proclaiming the US would “run” Venezuela after abducting its president and his wife, president Trump has now qualified his claim. Amid questions, including from top Republicans, Trump has now called on Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, to accommodate US demands or face the possibility of a fresh military intervention.Rodríguez, 56, who had on Saturday pledged fealty to ousted president Nicolás Maduro and condemned his capture as an “atrocity”, appears to be adhering to the US line. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Markets show mixed reaction after US capture of Venezuelan leader

The price of oil edged higher and precious metals have jumped after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a weekend raid

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12 h. ago Trump's Maduro raid has given the world's bullies and brutes a convenient precedent to justify their own terrifying ambitions: STEPHEN GLOVER

During his characteristically rambling press conference on Saturday about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump asserted that 'Life is a big deal'.

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