Nicolás Maduro

2 weeks ago - The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.

2 weeks ago - Despite months of escalating rhetoric, Saturday’s capture of the sitting president arrived without warning and Venezuelan authorities seemed to have been caught off guard by the brazen operation. At least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed in Saturday’s attack, the New York Times reported, citing a senior Venezuelan official.

2 weeks ago - Authorities escort deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday. (Adam Gray/Reuters) ... The U.S. government assesses that about 75 people were killed during Saturday’s military raid to capture ...

2 weeks ago - In Maduro's compound, as elite US troops flooded in, Trump said the Venezuelan president - who has reportedly increased his reliance on Cuban bodyguards in recent months - attempted to flee to a safe room. "He was trying to get to a safe place, which wasn't safe, because we would have had the door blown up in about 47 seconds," Trump said. "He made it to the door. He was unable to close it. He got bum rushed so fast that he didn't get into that [room]." When asked if the US could have killed Maduro, an authoritarian leader who took over the presidency in 2013, if he had resisted arrest, Trump said: "It could have happened."

16 hours ago - On 3 January 2026, the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a military operation in Caracas. President Trump announced that the US is “going to run the country, until we can do a safe, ...

3 weeks ago - On 4 August 2018, two drones detonated explosives near Avenida Bolívar, Caracas, where Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, was addressing the Bolivarian National Guard in front of the Centro Simón Bolívar Towers and Palacio de Justicia ...

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro. Here’s what we know so far.

2 weeks ago - Pro-government armed civilians block streets in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country.

17 hours ago - On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike on Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, began around 2 a.m. ...

The US government assesses that an estimated 75 people were killed during a military raid aimed at capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, according to The Washington Post, which cited officials familiar with the matter.

2 weeks ago - Item 1 of 3 A person holds an image of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as government supporters gather following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Santiago, Chile January ...

2 weeks ago - Donald Trump acknowledges "many, many" Cubans were killed during what he calls the "brilliant" military operation in which Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro was seized

2 days ago - Named interior minister in 2024, Cabello led a crackdown in which 24 people were killed and more than 2,000 arrested, according to Human Rights Watch. Now, under interim President Rodriguez, he continues in that post, controlling Venezuela's ...

14 hours ago - Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez flanked by the interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, right, and her brother Jorge Rodríguez in Caracas. Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP · Like many other activists, Uzcátegui was forced to leave ...