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  • Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced a state of catastrophe in the Ñuble and Biobío regions on Sunday (January 18, 2025) as raging wildfires forced at least 20,000 people to evacuate and left at least 16 people dead.
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    Chile fires kill at least 18 as firefighters battle extreme heat, winds
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    Video Venezolanos en Perú dicen que necesitan ‘muchas más cosas’ que la salida de Maduro para volver a su país 3:49
  • European and South American officials attend the signing ceremony of a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur in Asuncion, Paraguay, January 17, 2026.
    Cesar Olmedo/Reuters
    EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement
  • An image taken from a video released by Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, shows Maria Corina Machado during her escape from Venezuela.
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    Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
  • President Donald J. Trump meets with María Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honor, in Washington DC, on January 15, 2026.
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    Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support
  • People watch the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2026.
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    Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
  • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado suggested she might give her 2025 award to US President Donald Trump.
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    Nobel Institute says Peace Prize cannot be transferred after Machado suggestion
  • People attend a rally in support of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas on January 6, 2026. Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez insisted on January 6, no foreign power was governing her country, after US President Donald Trump said Washington would "run" it pending a transition after ousting her predecessor.
    Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images
    The keys to understanding one of the most critical weeks for Venezuela — and why some citizens have mixed emotions
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  • Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello delivers a speech during a women’s rally in support of ousted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 6, 2026. Authorities in Caracas and Havana said 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel were killed during a U.S. operation to capture Maduro.
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    What to know about Diosdado Cabello, the powerful Venezuelan minister who may be in jeopardy next
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    President Maduro’s former chief of staff tells CNN he is ‘outraged that my country was bombed’ 2:01
  • Police guard the street leading to Miraflores Palace, as several neighborhoods remain without electricity after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela January 4, 2026.
    Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
    Days after US attack, weary but resilient Venezuelans try to return to normal amid fears of repression
  • A man is seen at his damaged apartment in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on Sunday, a day after Venezuela's leader Nicolás Maduro was captured in a US strike.
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    After Maduro’s capture, Venezuelans in Caracas reckon with a weekend ‘for the history books’
  • Jesus Linares, 48, stands next to a local resident as he looks at his damaged apartment building, after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela January 4, 2026.
    Gaby Oraa/Reuters
    Venezuelans hunker down, apprehensive about what comes next
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony to swear in new community-based organisations in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 1.
    Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
    Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro defied his enemies for years. Until now
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  • Smoke rises from explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, early on Saturday.
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    Visualizing the US assault on Venezuela
  • Video The fall of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro 3:11
  • Video Crowds cheer and dance in Doral, Florida after Venezuela president’s capture 2:03
  • Who is Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife and ‘first combatant’ of Venezuelan socialism?
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    Video After major US strike on Caracas, journalist Mary Mena reports live from the Venezuelan capital 3:11
  • In evolving Latin America, US-Venezuela discord remains a constant
  • Trains crash while carrying tourists to Peru’s Machu Picchu, killing 1 person and injuring dozens
  • At least 13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic Train derails
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