The repression of the Maduro regime over more than a decade forced eight million Venezuelans to flee, nearly a million of them to the United States. Last year, as part of the biggest U.S. immigration crackdown in recent history, hundreds of those Venezuelans were deported to El Salvador – a …
While the U.S. military operation in Venezuela has spurred concerns around the world over international law violations, global financial markets have appeared unaffected by the developments , even stocks right next door in Latin America’s largest economy. Earlier this month, the U.S. conducted a large-scale attack on Venezuela, during which …
When President Trump announced the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday, he justified the military operation in part by framing it as a move to recover assets that he claims had been stolen from U.S. companies. “Venezuela unilaterally seized and sold American oil, American …
On Jan. 3, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by the U.S. military and, three days later, pleaded not guilty to charges in New York City. The event is unprecedented in modern times, and its implications will likely take months to fully materialize. Even so, you may …
Perhaps no American official has spent more time face-to-face with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro than Roger Carstens. Carstens was America’s top hostage negotiator in the Trump and Biden administrations. He freed a total of 65 Americans unjustly held in countries including Russia, Iran and Maduro’s Venezuela. Yesterday, U.S. forces captured …
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind him during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. Jonathan Ernst …
The U.S. strike on Venezuela has renewed focus on the country’s oil sector, which includes some of the richest crude reserves in the world. “We’re going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which will cost billions of dollars, it will be paid for by the oil companies directly. And we’re going …
United States leaders reacted early Saturday morning as President Trump confirmed overnight military strikes in Venezuela and announced the capture of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife. Mr. Trump said Maduro and his wife had been flown out of Venezuela, but did not say where the pair were. …
8m ago Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego: “This war is illegal” Shortly after the U.S. launched strikes in Venezuela, Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona wrote on X: “This war is illegal.” The senator, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was deployed in Iraq, called it the “Second unjustified war …
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea on Dec. 20, 2025. Department Of Homeland Security …