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Venezuela Post-Maduro Capture

The reactions and implications of Nicolas Maduro's capture in Venezuela, including international responses and the potential for foreign control or influence.

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Jan 14, 2026
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Did the Biden admin put a bounty on Maduro

Yes — the Biden administration officially increased a U.S. reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $25 million in January 2025, a move reported by major ...

Jan 6, 2026
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Are native Venezuelans happy with the current state of the country?

Venezuelans are not uniformly happy with the current state of the country; reactions range from ecstatic celebration among many in the diaspora to cautious hope, deep uncertainty and outright anger in...

Jan 15, 2026
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Who is running Venezuela?

The short answer: day‑to‑day authority in Caracas is being exercised by Vice‑President Delcy Rodríguez, who was sworn in as acting president after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, but real power remains disp...

Jan 17, 2026

How have specific controversies (Epstein files, Venezuela actions, tariffs) shifted media coverage tone and public sentiment in late 2025?

By late 2025 a trio of controversies—the staggered release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the Trump administration’s military action and capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, and talk of tariffs tied...

Jan 14, 2026

Is machado one of the biggest trump supporters

María Corina Machado has publicly and repeatedly aligned herself with President Donald Trump on the Venezuela crisis—praising his actions, offering to “share” or even give him her 2025 Nobel Peace Pri...

Jan 12, 2026

Are the Venezuelan celebrating the capture of Madero?

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...

Jan 16, 2026

are we more or less safe with the removal of Maduro from power?

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...

Jan 9, 2026

Are the pro-Venezuela protests in America astroturfing?

The protests in U.S. cities after the U.S. strike that captured Nicolás Maduro display clear signs of broad grassroots mobilization—from Venezuelan diaspora gatherings to anti-war coalitions and left-...

Jan 8, 2026

How have human rights been impacted in Venezuela during Maduro's presidency?

Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro has seen a sustained and widening assault on civil and political rights—characterised by arbitrary detentions, repression of dissent, and a dismantling of democratic che...

Jan 8, 2026

How have U.S. prosecutors and foreign governments responded to the pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández?

The pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández prompted sharp pushback from U.S. legal and political circles that framed his conviction as the product of robust federal prosecutions, w...

Jan 8, 2026

How have international courts and law enforcement agencies responded to allegations against Venezuelan senior officials?

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...

Jan 7, 2026

Lista de políticos do Brasil que apoiam o presidente da Venezuela maduro

O apoio a Nicolás Maduro no Brasil é concentrado sobretudo nas lideranças de partidos da esquerda institucional — especialmente setores do PT, além de declarações formais vindas de PSOL, PCdoB e PDT e...

Jan 7, 2026

Which European countries issued explicit condemnations of the U.S. operation in Venezuela, and what domestic debates followed?

Several European governments and leaders reacted with a mix of condemnation, cautious calls for restraint and partisan praise after the U.S. military operation that removed Nicolás Maduro; France and ...

Jan 7, 2026

Did mamdani insult President trump

Zohran Mamdani has publicly criticized President Donald Trump — most recently by calling the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro an “act of war” and phoning the president to register his opposi...