The expressions of unbridled power do not come more clearly than the abduction of a sitting president from his capital in the dead of night. President Donald Trump demonstrated in a 74-word post on social media that he can act decisively, suddenly and perhaps recklessly, in pursuit of his varied and varied foreign policy goals, … Read more
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had been captured and driven out of the country after months of increased pressure from Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack. Multiple explosions went … Read more
American President Donald Trump said that the United States carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro. In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that Maduro and his wife had been “captured and kicked out of the country” after the operation, which he said was carried out “in conjunction … Read more
Videos and pictures are emerging on social media that show what it appears to be a major US military operation now underway around the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, which includes multiple large explosions and the presence of US special operations helicopters. While there has been no official announcement of the start of such an operation, … Read more
Explosions and rising smoke were heard in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent there, among spiral tensions with the United States. Footage obtained by Al Jazeera showed fireballs and thick smoke billowing from a structure near a body of water in Caracas early Saturday. Citing sources, Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman, reporting … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was absent Wednesday from the ceremony in Norway in which she was to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but the confirmation that she was traveling to Europe sparked mixed feelings in her country, where many supported her precisely because she had not left her … Read more
The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a US military operation in September that came under bipartisan scrutiny. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered the justification for the … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — English phrases once annoyed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But as the White House now ponders whether the US military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing English, singing John Lennon’s Imagine, advocating … Read more
Donald Trump has warned Nicolás Maduro he can “do things the easy way … or the hard way” as Venezuela’s authoritarian leader responded to the growing US pressure campaign by urging followers to prepare to defend “every inch” of the South American country. Dressed in woodland camouflage, Maduro said at a rally in the capital, … Read more
(Reuters) – Venezuela’s government on Monday rejected what it called a “ridiculous” U.S. plan to designate the “nonexistent” de los Soles Cartel as a terrorist organization, ahead of Washington’s expected designation later in the day. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this month that his country will designate the Cartel de los Soles … Read more