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The US military buildup in the Caribbean prior to the capture of Nicolás Maduro
Yes — President Donald Trump publicly styled himself as the “Acting President of Venezuela” by sharing a doctored/mock-up image on his Truth Social account that labeled him as such, a move widely repo...
The mission that seized did include bombardment of n military sites and a broad aerial campaign to suppress defenses, according to multiple and international news accounts; U.S. officials and outlets ...
The immediate legal terrain is contested: international law scholars widely argue the U.S. raid that captured Nicolás Maduro violated the UN Charter’s prohibition on the use of force against another s...
The reaction among Venezuelans to the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro is not monolithic: there were visible celebrations by Venezuelan expatriate communities and some crowds near border cities, while i...
The unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictments accuse Nicolás Maduro and top Venezuelan officials of operating a state-sponsored drug-trafficking enterprise that partnered with violent transnational...
The Trump administration oversaw a decisive U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife and brought them to New York on narco‑terrorism charges, but whether ...
The removal of Nicolás Maduro reduces one immediate threat vector — the continuation of an authoritarian regime long accused of corruption and facilitating illicit networks — but it simultaneously inc...
The claim that “you can oppose Trump and still support Venezuela’s liberation” is a defensible political position in principle, but its accuracy depends on how “support” and “liberation” are defined a...
The supplied reporting does not offer a detailed catalog of Donald Trump’s specific actions in Venezuela in 2019; instead, the pieces focus on a dramatic U.S. military operation in January 2026, prolo...
Donald J. Trump is presented in reporting as the 45th and — following the 2024 election — the 47th President of the United States, a figure whose second term has been marked by aggressive foreign inte...
There is no reliable, publicly available poll in the provided reporting that measures what percentage of Venezuelans are "happy" with the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, so any s...
The United States, at President Donald Trump’s direction, conducted a military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to face U.S. criminal charges, an ac...