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  • Government supporters rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, 2026, after US President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores
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    Live Updates Maduro to appear in US court as emboldened Trump threatens other countries after Venezuela strikes
  • 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
  • Smoke raises at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela on January 3, 2026.
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    Matias Delacroix/AP
    Live Updates January 3, 2026 — Maduro in US custody
  • 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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    Crowds cheer and dance in Doral, Florida after Venezuela president’s capture 2:03
  • 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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    Who is Cilia Flores, Maduro’s wife and ‘first combatant’ of Venezuelan socialism?
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    Venezuelans react to Maduro’s fall: ‘We’re in God’s hands’ 0:46
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    After major US strike on Caracas, journalist Mary Mena reports live from the Venezuelan capital 3:11
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base within the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. Maduro, in power since 2013, took the oath of office for a third term despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)
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    In evolving Latin America, US-Venezuela discord remains a constant
  • 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.
    Gustavo Rodas/AFP/Getty Images
    At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident
  • Honduras presidential candidate of the National Party Nasry Asfura speaks during a press conference in Tegucigalpa on December 1, 2025, a day after the presidential election.
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    Trump-backed ex-mayor declared winner of Honduran presidential election
  • Sanctioned tanker enters Venezuelan waters, tracking data show
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    Sanctioned tanker enters Venezuelan waters, tracking data shows, testing Trump’s blockade
  • A flag of the National Liberation Army seen during an interview with AFP in the Catatumbo's Mountains on March 08. Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country's northeast, warning years of "total peace" risk turning into "total war".
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    Seven Colombian soldiers killed in guerrilla attack with drones and explosives, military says
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  • 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
  • Downed trees on Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 10, 2025, as the city records wind gusts of up to 96.3 km/h due to the passage of an extratropical cyclone.
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    Hundreds of flights canceled as blackout leaves 1.4M without power in Brazil
  • Venezuelan opposition leader says US helped her travel to Norway to accept Nobel Prize
  • Bolivia detains former president Arce amid probe into alleged embezzlement
  • Why Latin America’s prisons create some of the world’s deadliest gangs
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