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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
  • 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
  • The Petroleos de Venezuela SA Bajo Grande Refinery at the Paraguana Refinery Complex on Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.
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    As Trump zeroes in on Venezuela’s oil, Rodríguez moves to meet his demands
  • 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
  • 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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    Why Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado is betting her political future on Trump
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  • People watch the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2026.
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    Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
  • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado suggested she might give her 2025 award to US President Donald Trump.
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    Nobel Institute says Peace Prize cannot be transferred after Machado suggestion
  • 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
  • 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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  • Police guard the street leading to Miraflores Palace, as several neighborhoods remain without electricity after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela January 4, 2026.
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    Days after US attack, weary but resilient Venezuelans try to return to normal amid fears of repression
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  • 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’
  • Cuba is left reeling in the aftermath of the Venezuela strike
  • Venezuelans hunker down, apprehensive about what comes next
  • The US has captured Venezuelan leader Maduro. Here’s what to know
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