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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the Trump administration’s tightening grip on Latin America and the aftermath of the abduction of the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. On Thursday, Venezuela’s interim…

CARACAS, Venezuela — Oswaldo Pinto is accustomed to disappointments during shopping excursions to buy food for his family. But he was especially demoralized the other day after scouring for bargains at the sprawling Coche Market, which serves a mostly working-class clientele on the southern fringes of this chaotic capital. “This month I…

Weeks after toppling Venezuela's leader, US President Donald Trump is turning to a similar playbook on Iran, sending what he calls an "armada" near its shores and warning an unpopular government. Trump has been emboldened on multiple fronts by the tactical success in Venezuela, but Iran presents far more complexities.…

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…