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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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    Video President Maduro’s former chief of staff tells CNN he is ‘outraged that my country was bombed’ 2:01
  • 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
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony to swear in new community-based organisations in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 1.
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    Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro defied his enemies for years. Until now
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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?
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Thieves dressed as Santa and elves raid Montreal grocery store, claim inspiration from Robin Hood
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    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
  • Venezuela says US has suspended deportation flights; US denies it
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