After failing to win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump opened 2026 with a stunning military gambit, striking targets inside Venezuela and capturing its leader, Nicolás Maduro, in what…
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The Trump Administration, which for months denied seeking regime change in Venezuela, is moving to assert control over the country’s political future. The U.S. carried out a series of strikes…
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President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after carrying out a “large-scale” strike against the country. The attack follows months of pressure…
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The last time an American president ordered troops to snatch a Latin American strongman, I was a young journalist half a world away, watching grainy footage of Operation Just Cause…
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World leaders reacted to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United States with a mixture of outrage, concern, and caution on Saturday. President Donald Trump announced the…
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‘We’re Going To Run the Country’: Trump Signals Long-Term Involvement in Venezuela After Capturing President
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition. So we don’t want to be involved with having somebody else…
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This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Donald Trump ran for President three times…
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Just hours after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday morning, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez emerged as the country’s de facto leader. Rodríguez, who has served…
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Speaking just hours after the successful operation to depose Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump issued a stark warning: “American dominance in the western hemisphere will never be questioned again.” But…