News of capture

Machado vows to be Venezuela president 'when the right time comes'

16-01-2026 13:41 "I believe I will be elected when the right time comes as president of Venezuela, the first woman president," opposition leader tells right-wing news show.

US-VENEZUELA RELATIONS

Trump hosts Machado at White House but praises Venezuela’s ‘terrific’ interim leader

15-01-2026 20:27 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she "presented" her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump; US president showers praise on interim leader Delcy Rodríguez after removal of Nicolás Maduro.

AS I SEE IT

Donald Trump is on a roll

10-01-2026 06:51 Though Trump and his aides insist that they have drawn up a plan to make Venezuela great again, they do not seem to be aware of the magnitude of the task they have undertaken.

by James Neilson

GEOPOLITICS

The dictator, the imperialist and the new world order

10-01-2026 06:39 Seeing a strongman take the keys to the region’s socio-political-economic inclinations is ominously reminiscent of the darkest days of the recent past. It feels even more terrifying when the man with his finger on the button is Trump.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

US forces 'killed 55 Venezuelan, Cuban military personnel' in Maduro raid

06-01-2026 17:19 US forces killed 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel during their stunning raid to capture Nicolas Maduro, according to tolls published by Caracas and Havana.

PROFILE: DELCY RODRÍGUEZ

Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally

06-01-2026 13:52 Delcy Rodríguez oversees Venezuela’s oil apparatus and has decades of relationships among the remaining socialist stronghold in government.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

UN: US operation in Venezuela undermined international law

06-01-2026 09:18 The Trump administration does not want to occupy Venezuela, says Washington’s envoy to the United Nations.

VENEZUELA LEADER IN COURT

Venezuela's Maduro pleads not guilty in NYC court, insists still president

05-01-2026 20:15 Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty to drug-trafficking and other charges in a defiant appearance in a New York court.

US INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Maduro arrives for first US court appearance after capture

05-01-2026 11:04 Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was en route to a New York courthouse early Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation.

REGIME CHANGE IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela’s top court orders VP to temporarily take charge

04-01-2026 00:57 Venezuela’s Supreme Court orders Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez to immediately assume and exercise all presidential powers in an acting capacity.

REGIME CHANGE IN VENEZUELA

Trump says US to 'run' Venezuela with Maduro now in New York jail

04-01-2026 00:48 US President Donald Trump says people from his cabinet will take charge of Venezuela for now, speaks of exploiting vast oil reserves; Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in New York jail as Washington hints it may work with Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez during transition.

US CAPTURES MADURO

Maduro to face 'full wrath' of US law on drug, terrorism charges

03-01-2026 10:34 Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a post on X that Maduro and his wife would face "the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts" over drug and terrorism charges.

US ATTACKS CARACAS

Trump says Maduro captured after US airstrikes hit Venezuela

03-01-2026 09:24 Capturing Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, marks an unprecedented intervention and a stunning fall for the Venezuelan leader who became president in 2013.

UNITED STATES ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Milei cheers Trump-ordered capture of Maduro in Venezuela

03-01-2026 09:16 Argentina's President reacts to news of the United States intervention in Venezuela, declaring: “Freedom moves forward."

UNITED STATES ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured in 'large scale' US strike

03-01-2026 07:41 Donald Trump announces US has carried out large-scale military strikes in Venezuela and announced that Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Two Sinaloa Cartel leaders face US charges after stunning capture

26-07-2024 15:37 US President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed the arrests of two notorious leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as details emerged of an elaborate ruse used to capture the drug kingpins.