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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite active Chinese sanctions, after a reported name change workaround cleared the way for his historic visit Secretary of State Marco Rubio is officially en route to Beijing alongside President Donald Trump, despite being under active…

Four months have passed since US forces captured Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and ousted him from power. Maduro’s vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, quickly moved into the top job and has, under US tutelage, begun a process of reversing her country’s experiment with socialism. Venezuela’s pivot towards socialism began under the…

It’s been four months since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the US to stand trial. His vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, is now in charge, but the Trump administration has been largely silent on what comes next for the country. In the meantime, Missy Ryan,…

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Labour, Latin America & the Caribbean, TerraViva United Nations May 6 2026 (IPS) -   CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works…

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke pleaded not guilty Tuesday to five federal charges over a series of Polymarket bets that turned $33,000 into more than $404,000, in what prosecutors describe as the first insider-trading case ever filed against a prediction-markets trader. Key Takeaways: Van Dyke pleads not…

A U.S. special forces soldier accused of using classified information about the operation to remove Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets pleaded not guilty to federal charges Tuesday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain,…

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Federal prosecutors say the U.S. Treasury Department will allow defense attorneys for Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to be paid by the Venezuelan government. The move clears a major hurdle in the case, eliminating the risk of lengthy delays over funding disputes and the possibility of U.S. taxpayers…

A US soldier has been charged with using classified military intelligence to win over $400,000 on prediction market Polymarket — betting on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro before the mission was made public. Gannon Van Dyke, a Special Forces master sergeant at Fort Bragg, was granted bond Friday,…

What happened Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Thursday charged a U.S. special forces soldier with insider trading for allegedly using classified information about the raid on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to net $409,000 on the prediction marketplace Polymarket. Army Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke placed 13 bets on the…