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  • Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez looks on during the delivery of the first year's government report at Palacio Federal Legislativo on January 15, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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    Venezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders
  • Members of the National Guard stand guard at the site where armed attackers killed several people at a soccer field after a match in Salamanca, Mexico, on January 26.
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    Mexico investigates deadly attack after soccer match as Sheinbaum faces pressure to curb crime
  • Nicole “La Nicholette” Pardo is seen in an image released by the Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office after a viral video appears to show her being abudcted at gunpoint.
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    US-Mexican influencer abducted at gunpoint in viral video found ‘alive and well’ in Sinaloa state
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    Voices of the Venezuelan diaspora after Maduro’s ouster: How millions live abroad as they wonder if it’s time to return
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    Capturing a president: CNN analysis reveals extraordinary risks taken to seize Maduro
  • 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
  • Three homes belonging to chief gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, shown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 11, 2024, were bombed by Haitian forces on January 14.
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    Haiti drone operation strikes home of gang leader ‘Barbecue’
  • Maria Corina Machado and Delcy Rodriguez.
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    The two leaders fighting for Venezuela’s future – and for Trump’s favor
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  • Flor Zambrano, mother of detainee Rene Jesus Chourio, is embraced by a family member outside National Police Zone 7 Detention Centre in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, January 12.
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    Families demand proof of life as Venezuela releases only dozens of political prisoners. Here’s what we know so far
  • People watch the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2026.
    Ramon Espinosa/AP
    Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
  • 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
  • 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
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    Video President Maduro’s former chief of staff tells CNN he is ‘outraged that my country was bombed’ 2:01
  • Members of the Venezuelan military participate in a march toward the office of acting leader Delcy Rodriguez, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, days after the US launched a strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
    Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
    Trump scored a win with his raid on Venezuela. But the US is now responsible for the country’s future
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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?
  • After Maduro’s capture, Venezuelans in Caracas reckon with a weekend ‘for the history books’
  • Cuba is left reeling in the aftermath of the Venezuela strike
  • Venezuelans hunker down, apprehensive about what comes next
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    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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