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 States of America has successfully…
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 familiar with the matter told…
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 on Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s…
CARACAS (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury said today it has added 10 individuals and entities based in Iran and Venezuela to its sanctions list, citing their aggressive weapons program. The U.S. Treasury has designated Venezuela-based…
The CIA is responsible for carrying out the first US land strike in Venezuela on a port facility believed to have been storing drugs bound for America, sources claim. President Donald Trump confirmed the Christmas Eve strike on Monday,…
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it will impose and enforce sanctions “to the maximum extent” to deprive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of resources as Russia warned other…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, a U.S. official and…
CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela’s ruling-party controlled National Assembly unanimously approved a law on Tuesday that allows prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone who promotes or finances what it describes as piracy or…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported,” according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part…
BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s foreign ministry on Monday said the United States’ seizure of another country’s ships was a serious violation of international law, after the U.S. intercepted a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan…