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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. John McDonnell/AP hide caption toggle caption John McDonnell/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he was…

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to pressure President Nicolas Maduro’s government. The New York Times first reported the classified directive, citing US officials familiar with the decision...Read…

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in his administration’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro’s government. Trump further suggested he was considering strikes on Venezuelan territory, a dramatic step that would go beyond a series of…

President Trump said Wednesday he authorized the CIA to secretly conduct operations in Venezuela, including possible strikes against drug cartels. Why it matters: The announcement follows rising tensions with Venezuela's authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, as the U.S. military targets boats allegedly carrying drugs.The latest: While the Trump administration has said…

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he has authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuela. He added that his administration was also mulling land-based military operations inside Venezuela, as tensions between Washington and Caracas soar over multiple deadly US strikes on Venezuelan…

President Donald Trump has secretly escalated his already hawkish policy toward Venezuela, reveals a new report from The New York Times . On Wednesday, the Times reported—and the president seemed to confirm—that Trump has signed what’s called a “presidential finding,” or a classified directive authorizing covert action, against the regime…

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was named the 2025 Nobel peace Prize recipient. "Sunday Morning" looks back to Martha Teichner's conversation with Machado last year, in the wake of Venezuela's authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro claiming victory in a disputed election. Read More

CARACAS, Venezuela — Some viewed the news as signaling the beginning of the end of the economic, political and social calamity that, for the last decade, has engulfed Venezuela, prompting millions to flee their South American homeland. “When I saw the news, I cried, hugged my children and prayed,” said Mari Carmen…

The walls are closing in on Maduro, and the Norwegians have made their own contribution. The post The Nobel Peace Prize Committee Goes to War appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

Across Latin America, democracy is coming under severe pressure. Authoritarian leaders across the continent have been entrenching political power through constitutional manipulation, militarised policing and the persecution of dissent. In Venezuela, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Argentina, regimes are increasingly eroding democracy and mounting a backlash against human rights. It is…