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  • Maria Corina Machado at the official opening of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition 2025 in Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2025.
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  • Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado attends a press conference with the President of Norway's Parliament Storting on December 11, 2025 at the Storting in Oslo.
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  • Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez smiles after a session of the National Assembly in Caracas, on January 5, 2026.
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  • CARACAS, VENEZUELA - JANUARY 5: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â" MANDATORY CREDIT - 'VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) At the opening session of the National Assemblyâs new legislative term, Delcy Rodriguez (2nd L) is sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, pledging loyalty âto Maduro and to Chavez❠in Caracas on January 5, 2026. Venezuelaâs vice president and oil minister was formally sworn in on Monday as interim president, following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro in a US operation over the weekend. Maduro and Flores were captured in an early-morning operation on Saturday by US forces, subsequently flown out of the country and to New York, where they stood trial in an initial hearing over drug and weapons charges. (Photo by Venezuelan National Assembly/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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  • Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Manhattan United States Courthouse for an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez issues statement saying the country reaffirms its commitment to peace and peaceful coexistence.
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    Who is Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s leader after Maduro’s capture?
  • 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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  • Picture of fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after a series of explosions in Caracas on Saturday.
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  • People hold a Venezuelan flag with a picture of opposition leader, Nobel peace laureate María Corina Machado as they react to the news of the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after US military actions in Venezuela this morning, in Doral, Florida, near Miami, on January 3, 2026.
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  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro talks to his wife Cilia Flores as they leave the National Assembly during Maduro's presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025.
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  • Venezuelans who where imprisoned in El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison give statements to the press, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 26.
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