News of maduro ouster

Trump says working well with Venezuela's new leaders, open to meeting

Today 11:26 Venezuela says that 116 political prisoners have been released since the government announced last week it would begin freeing those jailed under Maduro.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Fracas in Caracas

10-01-2026 06:43 Whisking Maduro from a heavily guarded Caracas military base to a New York courtroom was also an almost magical feat but has yet to prove a game-changer in Venezuelan history. If Bolivarian 21st-century socialism could outlive Hugo Chávez, it could also survive Maduro.

by Michael Soltys

EDITORIAL

The Donroe Doctrine

10-01-2026 06:20 Trump has been explicit in placing democracy on the backburner in Venezuela.

VENEZUELAN OIL INDUSTRY

Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

08-01-2026 14:52 Trump says in New York Times interview that the US would be running Venezuela and extracting its oil for years. “We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” he told the newspaper.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei praises Trump but says he won’t break trade links with China

08-01-2026 00:36 Argentina’s President Javier Milei said that there is "global reordering" taking place – and that his government has already stated which side it’s backing.

Trump ousts Maduro

Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections

07-01-2026 17:31 Casa Rosada accepts that elements of Maduro regime will remain in place in Venezuela and do not view calls for free elections as viable; Milei, who has cooled on Machado’s potential leadership of nation, will back Trump’s intervention in upcoming Davos speech.

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.

CHANGE IN VENEZUELA?

Maduro's fall tests Venezuela's ruling 'club'

06-01-2026 09:34 What happens to Venezuela's so-called "club of five" of powerful leftist figures, now that two of its most important members have been captured and sent to the United States to face trial?

POST-MADURO OUSTER

Venezuela regroups with new leader, old repression tactics

05-01-2026 22:52 For now, new leader Delcy Rodríguez has the backing of both the Chavismo strongholds in her government and US President Donald Trump.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina leads bloc to stop CELAC rebuke of US action in Venezuela

05-01-2026 13:19 Buenos Aires leads group of regional governments in preventing unanimous CELAC statement condemning Washington’s actions in Venezuela, highlighting political divisions across Latin America.

CFK ON MADURO OUSTER

Fernández de Kirchner: US ‘crossed a line’ with Maduro’s capture

05-01-2026 12:02 Former president posts strongly worded statement condemning Donald Trump’s decision to oust Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and transfer him to the United States; Act of “absolute illegality and illegitimacy” violates international law, she argues.

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela military recognises Maduro's VP Rodríguez as acting president

04-01-2026 15:14 ; Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Spain reject outside 'control' of nation in wake of Maduro's ouster.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

The US and Venezuela's vast oil reserves: key questions

04-01-2026 14:53 Venezuela has the largest proven reserves in the world, with 303.221 billion barrels, according to OPEC

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

'At last': Venezuelans abroad celebrate Maduro ouster

04-01-2026 13:21 Venezuelans who fled their nation amid economic collapse and repression under Nicolás Maduro gather in cities worldwide to celebrate his ouster.