TIME
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What’s Happening With the U.S. and Venezuela, Explained | TIME
1 week ago - The President reiterated that the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela in a Jan. 5 interview with NBC, saying instead that the U.S. is “at war with people that sell drugs. We’re at war with people that empty their prisons into our country and ...
attack by the United States on Venezuela
Factsheet
United States intervention in Venezuela
(Operation Absolute Resolve) Part of the crisis in Venezuela and the war on cartels
Location Northern Venezuela, including Greater Caracas
Planned by United States Department of Defense
United States intervention in Venezuela
(Operation Absolute Resolve) Part of the crisis in Venezuela and the war on cartels
Location Northern Venezuela, including Greater Caracas
Planned by United States Department of Defense
Wikipedia
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2026 United States intervention in Venezuela - Wikipedia
4 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. local time, when explosions were observed.
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The Guardian
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US military seizes Venezuela oil tanker under Trump sanctions | Trump administration | The Guardian
7 hours ago - “The Department of War is unwavering ... The US has said Venezuela is using false-flag tankers to try to disguise its operations, or using vessels whose registrations were cancelled before they were intercepted...
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Reuters
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Exclusive: US talks with hardline Venezuelan minister Cabello began months before raid | Reuters
1 day ago - NEW YORK/MIAMI/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials had been in discussions with Venezuela's hardline interior minister Diosdado Cabello months before the U.S. operation to seize President Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication with him since then, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The officials warned Cabello, 62, against using the security services or militant ruling-party supporters he oversees to target the country's opposition, four sources said.
New York Magazine
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How Is Trump’s Venezuela Takeover Going?
1 day ago - Trump has announced that Venezuela is going to be handing over some 30 to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil — which could be worth nearly $3 billion — and that the U.S. will then sell the oil and split the money with Venezuela.
Al Jazeera
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Nearly 50 Venezuelan soldiers killed in US abduction of President Maduro | Nicolas Maduro News | Al Jazeera
Venezuela's Defence Ministry says 83 people in total killed in US attack to abduct President Nicolas Maduro.
Published 2 days ago
BBC
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CIA director had two-hour meeting with new Venezuelan leader in Caracas
President Donald Trump has said US oil companies will move into Venezuela and make money that will go to people there and to the US, with a top official saying the US would control sales of sanctioned Venezuelan oil "indefinitely".
Published 3 days ago
WIRED
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US Hackers Reportedly Caused a Blackout in Venezuela | WIRED
2 days ago - ... With federal agents storming ... there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact. The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro....
CBC News
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CIA chief has face-to-face meeting with Venezuela's interim leader: U.S. official | CBC News
3 days ago - CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's interim leader in Caracas to discuss co-operation, a U.S. official said on Friday, in the most senior known visit by a U.S. official since the United States toppled Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro this month.
BBC
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US forces seize a sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Caribbean Sea
It suggests Washington's crackdown on the so-called dark fleet, comprising more than 1,000 vessels that transport sanctioned oil, will continue as the US works with Venezuela's interim government to control the country's oil sales.
Published 4 days ago
AP News
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Venezuela’s new leader calls for opening oil industry to foreign investment and warmer US ties
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday asked lawmakers to approve reforms to the oil industry that would open the doors to greater foreign investment during her first state of the union speech less than two weeks after its longtime leader was toppled by the United States.
Published 3 days ago
CBC News
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Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Machado after U.S. seizes 6th tanker | CBC News
4 days ago - Since then, Trump has said the United States plans to control Venezuela's oil resources indefinitely as it seeks to rebuild the country's dilapidated oil industry in a $100 billion US plan.
Wikipedia
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United States–Venezuela relations
1 day ago - In 2025, during the second Trump administration, the United States sent Venezuelans accused of being members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT), a maximum security prison in El Salvador. That same year, the US government designated gangs ...
BBC
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Trump administration says Venezuela has released jailed US citizens
5 days ago - The official did not confirm the identities or number of prisoners released by Venezuela, but in a statement called the move "an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities". It is the first known release of American citizens since a US military operation seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during a raid in the capital Caracas on 3 January, to face drug trafficking charges in New York.
Al Jazeera
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What is Chavismo – and is it dead after US abduction of Venezuela’s Maduro? | US-Venezuela Tensions News | Al Jazeera
For decades, the idea of a political alliance between Venezuela and the United States has seemed impossible with Caracas defining itself by Chavismo, a left-wing populist ideology rooted in anti-imperialism and confronting Washington’s policies. But after US President Donald Trump ordered the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, followed by US insistence that Caracas’s interim government must take orders from Washington, questions about the future of Chavismo in Venezuela have begun to emerge.
Published 6 days ago
NYTimes
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After President’s Capture, U.S. and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties - The New York Times
1 week ago - On Friday, U.S. diplomats visited Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, to assess a “potential” resumption of embassy operations for the first time in nearly seven years, a spokeswoman for the State Department confirmed.
ABC News
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Venezuela live updates: Multiple detained Americans released, State Department says - ABC News
6 days ago - Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife appeared in a federal court in New York City last week following their capture by U.S. forces in a military operation in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
CBC News
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U.S. attack in Venezuela creates risk, opportunity for guerrilla groups | CBC News
1 week ago - The U.S. attack on Venezuela has shifted the ground for guerrilla groups operating across the country's borderlands with Colombia, raising fears of possible betrayal by Venezuelan regime officials, while opening the door to a wider conflict should U.S.
The Guardian
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US attack on Venezuela will decide direction of South America’s vast mineral wealth | Oil | The Guardian
1 week ago - Fixing Venezuela’s oil industry infrastructure would take many years and cost tens of billions of dollars. Photograph: Isaac Urrutia/Reuters ... Outcome of aggression will determine whether rare earths and other resources drive energy transition – or strengthen US military power and oil interests
CTVNews
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Expert warns U.S. oil push in Venezuela faces major risks, long timeline
1 week ago - A U.S. push to draw oil companies back into Venezuela is unlikely to deliver quick results and carries significant risks for investors, a petroleum analyst says.