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Venezuela’s new leader, facing internal division, moves to tighten her grip on power

CARACAS (Reuters) — In the 12 days since the U.S. seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, interim President Delcy Rodriguez has been working to consolidate her own power, installing loyalists in key…

John McCarthy January 17, 2026

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Cuba launches mass demonstration to decry US attack on Venezuela and demand Maduro’s release

HAVANA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Cubans demonstrated Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana to decry the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela and demand that the U.S. government…

John McCarthy January 17, 2026

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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

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CIA ‘carries out drone strike’ on Venezuelan drug port in first US land attack inside the country

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…

John McCarthy December 30, 2025

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Revolt in Miami prosecutor’s office amid investigation of Obama’s CIA director

For decades, federal prosecutors in South Florida earned a chorus of praise for convicting Colombian drug lords, New York mafia bosses, healthcare fraudsters, and a spectrum of corrupt cops, judges…

John McCarthy November 16, 2025

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Venezuela condemns ‘military provocation’ by CIA and Trinidad and Tobago

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela today condemned what it said was a military provocation by neighboring Trinidad and Tobago in coordination with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, aimed at spurring a…

John McCarthy October 26, 2025

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Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela, raising pressure on Maduro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in U.S. efforts to pressure…

John McCarthy October 16, 2025

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Top secret files which sunk with Bayesian yacht raided by MI6 in James Bond style mission

A James Bond-esque mission to recover highly sensitive secret files held in safes aboard the sunken super-yacht Bayesian was reportedly carried out by UK intelligence service MI6 before Italian divers…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025

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Tulsi Gabbard reused the same weak password on multiple accounts for years

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts over a period of years, according to leaked records reviewed by WIRED. Following her participation in…

John McCarthy May 7, 2025

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Radicalized son of a CIA director was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine

The radicalized son of a CIA director was killed last year while allegedly fighting for Russia in Ukraine, according to a new investigation. Michael Alexander Gloss, the 21-year-old son of…

John McCarthy April 26, 2025