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Mock house, CIA source and Special Forces: The US operation to capture Maduro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — At 4:21 on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture…

John McCarthy January 4, 2026

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Venezuelan president Maduro arrives in New York to face criminal charges

NEW YORK (WABC) — Nicolas Maduro was handcuffed and shackled as he touched American soil at Stewart Airport in Orange County, New York. Maduro was flown by helicopter to the West…

John McCarthy January 4, 2026

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Condemnation and applause in Latin America after US seizes Venezuela’s Maduro

SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Latin American leaders were divided between condemnation and jubilation in the wake of a surprise attack on Venezuela early on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump…

John McCarthy January 4, 2026

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TRUMP TAKES VENEZUELA

Trump says US is going to RUN Venezuela indefinitely after sharing photo of captured president Maduro in tracksuit and revealing that first lady will be charged too WASHINGTON — Donald…

John McCarthy January 3, 2026

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Delta Force ripped Maduro and wife from their beds as they slept – 2 days after Venezuelan president begged Trump for peace

WASHINGTON — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia were captured by a unit of elite Delta Force soldiers while they slept in their beds. The illegitimate leader, who…

John McCarthy January 3, 2026

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Starmer says the UK was ‘not involved’ in capture of Maduro and he ‘wants to speak to President Trump’

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK was not involved in any way in airstrikes on military bases Venezuela or the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. The Venezuelan leader and his wife…

John McCarthy January 3, 2026

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Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro today, President Donald Trump said, in Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. "The United…

John McCarthy January 3, 2026

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Venezuela has detained several Americans as tensions with US rise

CARACAS — Venezuelan security forces have detained at least five Americans in recent months as the US has built a pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a US official…

John McCarthy January 2, 2026

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US Coast Guard searches for survivors after strike on suspected drug vessels

WASHINGTON (Reuters) —The United States Coast Guard is searching for survivors of a U.S. military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. officials said…

John McCarthy December 31, 2025

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US strikes drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. had "hit" an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, marking the first…

John McCarthy December 30, 2025