A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that allowed hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that found Homeland Security … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans on Wednesday to warn that the Trump administration is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership deviates from US expectations. In testimony prepared for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio says that the United States is not … Read more
By Erin Banco, Jonathan. NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence reports have raised doubts about whether Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez will cooperate with the Trump administration by formally cutting ties with U.S. adversaries, four people familiar with the reports said in recent days. US officials have said publicly that they want the … Read more
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Family members of two men killed in a U.S. missile attack on a suspected drug boat near Venezuela filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the pair were killed in a “manifestly illegal” military campaign targeting civilian vessels. Civil rights lawyers filed the lawsuit in federal court … Read more
Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Sunday that she had “enough” of Washington’s orders, as she works to unite the country after the US capture of its former leader Nicolás Maduro. Rodríguez has been walking a tightrope since he was backed by the United States to lead the country in the interim; balancing keeping Maduro … Read more
By Erin Banco, Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick NEW YORK/MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials were in discussions with Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello months before the US operation to capture President Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him since then, according to several people familiar with the matter. Officials warned … Read more
Jan 17 (Reuters) – In the 12th day since the United States kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, interim President Delcy Rodriguez has been working to consolidate her own power, installing loyalists in key positions to protect herself from internal threats while meeting U.S. demands to boost oil production. Rodriguez, 56, a quiet but rigorous technocrat … Read more
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House, following the kidnapping of her political opponent, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Thursday’s meeting was the first time the two leaders met face to face. But the visit was an unusually subdued one for Trump, … Read more
Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran. – Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images The United States is considering whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies the country’s authoritarian regime. The Iranian government is at its weakest point in years, destabilizing another OPEC nation less than two weeks after the United States toppled the Venezuelan government. … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year before a US military operation ousted Nicolás Maduro, a senior aide to President Donald Trump argued that the Venezuelan leader was sending gang members to the United States. “If you’re a dictator of a poor country with a high crime rate, wouldn’t you send your criminals into our … Read more