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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Opposition leader María Corina Machado plans to return to Venezuela whether or not President Nicolás Maduro is ousted, saying Thursday that his government is at its weakest point because of U.S. President Donald Trump's “decisive" actions. Machado's statements to reporters came hours after she appeared in public…

Democracy Dies in Darkness After missing her Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, María Corina Machado said her country has been “invaded” by criminal enterprises supporting the Maduro regime. Updated December 11, 2025 at 7:56 a.m. EST yesterday at 7:56 a.m. EST Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado addresses…

The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. “As you probably know we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” Trump said. “Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized,…

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Summary We’re closing the blog for the evening, thanks for following along. A recap and key links from the day: US forces seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela , in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s government said the US…

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US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, whose government called the seizure “an act of international piracy”. Trump confirmed the operation on Wednesday, saying: “We’ve just seized…

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States had seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Using US forces to take control of a merchant ship is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest…