Maduro

As the dust settles on the dramatic ousting of Nicolás Maduro, a high–stakes battle for the soul of Venezuela has emerged between two formidable women –– one a Nobel Peace Prize–winning 'Iron Lady' and the other a 'cagey' regime stalwart nicknamed 'The Tiger.' In one corner stands Maria Corina Machado,…

Democrats lashed Rubio for the administration’s lack of transparency about the Jan. 3 operation to capture ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro...Read More

Marco Rubio has declined to rule out future US military action in Venezuela but insisted the Trump administration did not intend to take such steps, as he faced questions from lawmakers over Washington’s unprecedented intervention. The US secretary of state appeared before the Senate foreign relations committee on Wednesday to…

  1:01 PM / January 28, 2026 Hearing adjourns after nearly three hours The hearing concluded after Rubio answered senators' questions on foreign policy issues ranging from Venezuela to Greenland for nearly three hours.    12:51 PM / January 28, 2026 Rubio says it's "wise and prudent" to have assets…

With the abduction of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro, the United States under Donald Trump is returning to a power-based logic of influence in Latin America—one that many in the region believed had long been overcome. In this interview, political scientist Ulrich Brand analyzes why Latin America is once again becoming…

A US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas has left at least 100 people dead and dozens more wounded, according to the country’s interior minister, as Washington confirmed plans to assume long-term control over Venezuela’s oil exports. Speaking on state television on…

Ivan Colmenares Garcia had all the correct permits for his routine entry into Venezuela when the Colombian lawyer was forcibly stripped, bound, blindfolded and jailed. For a year, the 35-year-old was humiliated, tortured with sleep deprivation, kept in a freezing basement and held in a crowded prison where the toilet…

Bogotá -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday invited his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to the White House, just days after threatening him with military action over alleged drug trafficking.Trump had warned Petro on January 3 to "watch his ass" following US forces' ousting of leader Nicolas Maduro in neighboring…

Nicolas Maduro, who was snatched from his presidential bedroom by US forces, is not the only one to suffer a rude awakening in Venezuela. I hear that television explorer Levison Wood was involved in a dramatic road accident in which the SUV he was travelling in careered off a narrow…

Lawmakers from both parties debriefed on classified details of the capture of Nicholas Maduro say the daring U.S. operation was impressive, but that the administration owes Americans a fuller explanation for the raid...Read More