conflict in Venezuela
Factsheet
Operation Gideon Part of the crisis in Venezuela and the Venezuelan presidential crisis
Belligerents National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Belligerents Active Coalition of the Venezuelan International Reserve (CARIVE)
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Silvercorp USA
Operation Gideon Part of the crisis in Venezuela and the Venezuelan presidential crisis
Belligerents National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Belligerents Active Coalition of the Venezuelan International Reserve (CARIVE)
Silvercorp USA
Silvercorp USA
Wikipedia
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Operation Gideon (2020) - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - Following the failed 2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt led by Guaidó against Maduro on 30 April, Guaidó's movement lost momentum. William Neuman wrote in the 2022 book Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela that, with waning support and other options not materializing, Guaidó and López sought "another way out of Venezuela's impasse".
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CNN
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January 3, 2026 — Maduro in US custody | CNN
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BBC
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Venezuela: US dismisses claim CIA plotted to assassinate Nicolas Maduro
September 15, 2024 - "These two detainees even tell us about a group of mercenaries they are looking for to bring to Venezuela with very clear objectives to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, myself, and another group of comrades who are leading our party and our revolution."
NYTimes
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Venezuela Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers; Rubio Lays Out Plan for American Control - The New York Times
At a news briefing on Wednesday, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that members of the Marinera crew — which had sailed the vessel away from the Coast Guard’s first boarding attempt last month — could face legal action. “They will be brought to the United States for such prosecution, if necessary,” Ms. Leavitt said. The seizing of the tanker signals that the United States intends to maintain its partial blockade on Venezuelan oil after capturing the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday in a stunning military operation in Caracas.
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Venezuela: 3 Americans detained over plot to kill President Maduro
September 15, 2024 - They contacted French mercenaries, they contacted mercenaries from Eastern Europe, and they are in an operation to try to attack our country.” He added that 400 rifles originating from the US were seized and deemed the possible assassination attempt as a “terrorist act.” · Cabello further added that the three Americans and one Czech national arrested in the matter were linked to the alleged plot to kill the President. He implicated the intelligence agencies of the US and Spain, along with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, in the plan.
CBS News
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Trump says U.S. is "in charge" of Venezuela, Maduro jailed in New York after U.S. military operation
2 weeks ago - "There is no legal justification in the Constitution, in the history of the Constitution, or an American law that would authorize the president to wage war, to depose President Maduro and seize its oil and run the country of Venezuela without coming to Congress," Kaine told reporters Saturday. Since October, there have been two failed attempts each in the Senate and House to limit the president's authority to strike Venezuela and the suspected drug-smuggling boats in the region.
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Official: Venezuelan general arrested in assassination plot | AP News
December 12, 2023 - The incident came at a time of political and economic crisis in Venezuela, a once-wealthy oil power that is suffering runaway inflation and shortages of food and medicine that have driven hundreds of thousands to flee abroad. Saab identified the two detained officers as Col. Pedro Zambrano Hernandez and Gen. Alejandro Perez Gamez of the National Guard. He did not describe their suspected roles. A 29-year-old opposition lawmaker, Juan Requesens, is also under arrest and charged with treason and attempted homicide.
TownHall
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Two Papers Found Out About Trump's Venezuela Raid Early. Here's What They Did.
2 weeks ago - President Trump’s raid on Venezuela took months of preparation. CIA had assets on the ground; there was a source close to Nicolas Maduro that tracked his movements, and Delta Force built a replica safe house to practice the eventual extraction. Airstrikes against Islamic terrorists in Nigeria came first, but January 3 was when this long-approved mission got the green light.
NBC News
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How the U.S. captured Maduro in Venezuela: A CIA team, steel doors and a fateful phone call
Vice President JD Vance went to Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach and met with him during the day Friday to discuss the strikes. But he left before the attack started, in deference to concerns that a late-night motorcade movement might tip off the Venezuelans about the coming raid, a Vance spokesperson said.
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