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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
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    Venezuelans hunker down, apprehensive about what comes next
  • Picture of fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after a series of explosions in Caracas on Saturday.
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    The US has captured Venezuelan leader Maduro. Here’s what to know
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    Crowds cheer and dance in Doral, Florida after Venezuela president’s capture 2:03
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    Video What Maduro’s reported capture could mean for Venezuela 6:00
  • 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
  • Mexican Army soldiers and Civil Protection members rescue passengers from the Interoceanic train that derailed in the Asuncion Ixtaltepec area on the route to Oaxaca, Mexico, on December 28, 2025.
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    At least 13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic Train derails
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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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    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
  • Sanctioned tanker enters Venezuelan waters, tracking data shows, testing Trump’s blockade
  • Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado listens during a press conference in Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2025.
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    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
  • Special forces veteran who rescued Machado begs her not to return to Venezuela
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