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The strained relations between the U.S. and Venezuela, including U.S. sanctions and Venezuelan denials of corruption.
did publicly present himself as the “” both in social media and in remarks suggesting was effectively running the country following that led to ’s capture: he shared a doctored Wikipedia-style image o...
officials and publicly announced on Jan. 3 that a U.S. military operation — dubbed Operation Absolute Resolve — n President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and removed them from Venezuela . Independent, o...
María Corina Machado is widely portrayed in international reporting as a hardline, market‑oriented opposition leader whose rhetoric and alliances place her on the political right — some commentators c...
There is no verifiable evidence in the available reporting that “45 politicians” took kickbacks from Nicolás Maduro; the viral claim traces to social posts alleging a list released by ex-intelligence ...
There is no credible, publicly available evidence in the reporting provided that U.S. politicians took kickbacks from Nicolás Maduro; the U.S. indictment accuses Maduro and his allies of taking bribes...
U.S. prosecutors built the Maduro superseding indictment around recorded conversations, witness statements and operational allegations that tie cocaine shipments to Venezuelan state resources — allegi...
The official transcript and video of ’s Jan. 28 testimony show a secretary of state energetically defending ’s operation to remove , repeatedly framing as an arena for U.S. adversaries while insisting...
Independent reporting and official U.S. actions have documented allegations that Venezuelan embassy staff sold genuine Venezuelan passports and visas to non-citizens — including individuals with suspe...
María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Venezuela, publicly offered to “give” or “share” her prize with U.S. President Donald Trump as an expression of gratitude after U.S. forc...
The claim implicit in "You can Oppose Trump and still Support Venezuela’s Liberation" is politically and morally plausible but practically fraught: many sources show U.S. public opinion, partisan loya...
The Justice Department’s unsealed indictment accuses President Nicolás Maduro, his inner circle, and allied gangs of running state-protected drug-trafficking networks that shipped large quantities of ...
International courts and law‑enforcement agencies have been pulled into the Venezuela crisis through a mix of longstanding indictments, an abrupt U.S. law‑enforcement framed operation to seize Nicolás...
U.S. courts have so far treated the evidentiary claims in the Maduro indictments as the beginning of a standard, document-driven federal prosecution rather than a finished proof — accepting the indict...
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...
Multiple international arbitration winners have secured multi‑billion dollar awards against Venezuela and, in several high‑profile cases, obtained court orders or enforcement permissions to attach Ven...
Venezuela’s natural resources that most directly intersect with U.S. strategic interests are its vast heavy crude oil reserves, large natural gas deposits, and a suite of strategic minerals—nickel, co...
Yes — the United States has provided money tied to Venezuela, primarily in humanitarian and development assistance for Venezuelans inside the country and for the regional crisis of displaced Venezuela...
The comment — “That was incredible. We have to do it again,” followed by “Because nobody can stop us” — reads as a deliberate mix of triumphalism and deterrence, signaling both pride in a high‑risk sp...
A search of the provided reporting turned up no verified evidence that any current U.S. senator accepted trips paid for by the Venezuelan government or state-owned companies since 2015; claims circula...
The United States placed reward offers for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Nicolás Maduro during the Biden administration in 2025, with an initial increase to $25 million report...