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  • 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.
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    The keys to understanding one of the most critical weeks for Venezuela — and why some citizens have mixed emotions
  • Police guard El Helicoide, the headquarters of Venezuela's intelligence service and detention center, in Caracas, on Jan. 8, 2026.
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    Venezuela releases first prisoners in ‘peace’ gesture: Here’s what to know
  • President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Trump wants Mexico to ‘take out the cartels.’ Here’s why that’s so hard
  • People walk in front of graffiti that reads “Maduro is president”, days after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 6, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa
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    Video US State Department team arrives in Venezuela for first time since Maduro’s capture 2:56
  • 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’
  • Cubans attends a rally in solidarity with Venezuela after the US captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela, in Havana, on January 3, 2026.
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    Cuba is left reeling in the aftermath of the Venezuela strike
  • 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
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  • Smoke rises from explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, early on Saturday.
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    Visualizing the US assault on Venezuela
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    The fall of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro 3:11
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    Video Venezuelans react to Maduro’s fall: ‘We’re in God’s hands’ 0:46
  • US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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    Trump’s snatching of Maduro shows a new level of unrestrained global power
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    Video After major US strike on Caracas, journalist Mary Mena reports live from the Venezuelan capital 3:11
  • An aerial drone photo shows Machu Picchu in Peru's southern Cusco region on April 5, 2019.
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    Trains crash while carrying tourists to Peru’s Machu Picchu, killing 1 person and injuring dozens
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  • Police officers load the bodies of the victims who died in a road accident onto a truck at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapan, Guatemala, on December 27, 2025. At least 15 people died on December 26 when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, rescuers reported.
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    At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident
  • Venezuelans held in Salvadoran prison look to challenge deportation in US court
  • Trump-backed ex-mayor declared winner of Honduran presidential election
  • She thought finding a stolen Amelia Earhart statue would come with a hefty reward. It only damaged her reputation
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a rally to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, in Caracas on December 10, 2025.
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    Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump’s comments on land and oil reveal his true motives
  • Machado has left Oslo after the Nobel Prize ceremony, her spokesman says
  • Second near midair collision reported near Venezuela involving US Air Force tanker
  • Chile elects Kast as president, deepening regional shift to law-and-order politics
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