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Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel

CARACAS (BBC) — Venezuela's opposition leader will be considered a "fugitive" if she travels to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize, the nation's attorney general has said. Tarik William…

John McCarthy November 21, 2025

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Venezuela’s military in spotlight thanks to US military presence in Caribbean

ISTANBUL, Turkiye — An infographic titled "US military presence in the Caribbean puts spotlight on Venezuela's military power" created on November 21, 2025. After the US carried out a massive…

John McCarthy November 21, 2025

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Trump authorizes C.I.A. plans for covert action in Venezuela

SAN JUAN — With the largest U.S. aircraft carrier now positioned in the Caribbean, President Trump has approved additional measures to pressure Venezuela and prepare for the possibility of a broader…

John McCarthy November 20, 2025

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Cuba struggles to ease power cuts amid reduced fuel supplies from Venezuela, Mexico

HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba's imports of crude and fuel in the first 10 months of the year fell more than a third compared with the same period of 2024 as…

John McCarthy November 19, 2025

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Trump, floating talks with Maduro, declines to rule out troops in Venezuela

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Monday he has not ruled out putting American forces on the ground in Venezuela, while expressing a willingness to hear directly from…

John McCarthy November 18, 2025

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Trump supports escalated efforts to target cartels in Mexico, Colombia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said today he supports aggressive action against drug cartels and narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, his latest saber-rattling in the region after a…

John McCarthy November 17, 2025

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Pentagon says it struck another suspected drug boat in Pacific, killing three

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States conducted another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people aboard, the Pentagon said on Sunday.…

John McCarthy November 17, 2025

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Trump says he could have talks with Venezuela’s Maduro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration may be open to talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces increasing pressure from the United…

John McCarthy November 16, 2025

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Will Trump’s domestic troubles derail Venezuela attack? – Opinion

The arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford — America’s biggest warship — into the U.S. Southern Command area has the rumor mill spinning with predictions of a U.S. land…

John McCarthy November 16, 2025

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US aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops…

John McCarthy November 16, 2025