2 weeks ago - We are pausing our live coverage now. You can read more about what's happened today here: Trump warns new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court

1 week ago - When President Trump announced the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday, he justified the military operation in part by framing it as a move to recover assets that he claims had been stolen from U.S.

18 minutes ago - Trump said that the new tariffs won't kick in until 1 February - that gives the EU and London a window to act.

2 days ago - Meetings in Washington had failed ... Greenland. Venezuela is on the back burner for now, after Mr Trump took his lap of victory for illegally snatching Nicolás Maduro....

2 weeks ago - The administration is demanding acquiescence to Trump’s dream of an obedient, MAGAfied Western Hemisphere. The focal point of the effort is Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, the interim leader in Caracas since a spectacular US special forces operation spirited Maduro out of his bed and to New York, where he’ll appear in court Monday.

3 days ago - Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel prize winner had been sidelined by White House after US seized Maduro ... Donald Trump will host María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel peace prize winner, at the White House on Thursday for high-stakes talks on the oil-rich nation’s future following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro.

3 days ago - Risch that “there are currently no U.S. armed forces in Venezuela.” He also said that any future military actions that placed American forces into hostilities would be undertaken “consistent with the Constitution” and that Congress would be notified in accordance with the War Powers Resolution. Such notifications from the Trump administration have come only after military operations have been carried out, including the dozens of strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans and the operation to capture Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

1 day ago - The official emphasized that there was "no imminent plan" for an invasion, describing Trump's remarks as thinking "out loud". Trump's comments were first reported by the Associated Press and came a day before he publicly stated that a "military option" against Venezuela remained possible.

5 days ago - In the early hours of 3 January, Caracas and other cities in Venezuela were bombed and the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, was kidnapped along with his wife by US military personnel.

1 week ago - It’s been a whirlwind year for Venezuela, and it’s just getting started. Over the weekend, the U.S. launched an incursion into Caracas, capturing the nation’s President Nicolás Maduro and leaving the country in a state of uncertainty over its political and economic future. The operation was the culmination of a monthslong military pressure campaign by the Trump Administration, which had been framed as an effort to stymie drug trafficking and so-called “narco-terrorism.” In the days since, the U.S.

1 week ago - “US citizens in Venezuela should remain vigilant and exercise caution when traveling by road,” the alert added, urging citizens to depart immediately now that some international flights from Venezuela have restarted. Speaking to the New York Times last week, Donald Trump said he would like to visit Venezuela in the future after having claimed the US was “running” the South American country after removing its leaders with a deadly night-time assault on Caracas.

2 weeks ago - As much as it may seem like we’re heading into a new, dangerous, and destabilizing period of Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime—his actions in Venezuela appear illegal under both international law and US law and happened without any congressional consultation—it’s important to recognize ...

1 week ago - PROTECTING VENEZUELAN OIL REVENUE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts from attachment or judicial process, ensuring these ...

2 weeks ago - Four days after the US attacked Venezuela and seized President Nicolas Maduro, it is unclear what is next for the South American nation. President Trump and other US officials have said they plan to use the military and other methods to coerce Venezuela's current leadership, with the president keen to have US oil companies back in business in the country.

2 weeks ago - After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to the U.S., according to ...

5 days ago - Removing Mr. Maduro was entirely proper, achieved by a brilliant military operation that every American adversary will duly note. Mr. Trump then announced, stunningly, that in Venezuela, “Well, we’re gonna run everything. We’re gonna run it, fix it. We’ll have elections at the right time.