The anti-Chavista movement, headed by María Corina Machado, has taken Donald Trump’s snub in stride and is preparing to claim a space in a lengthy transition
Nicolás Maduro’s only son inherits part of his father’s power but has long been viewed as cut from a different cloth
The interim president faces the challenge of another inflationary storm in a country under sanctions and with limited access to credit
The White House maintains that taking the island by force ‘is always an option’
Tampere, in Finland, is betting on mixed-use infrastructure to redensify the city
A group of states, led by Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, support Denmark and propose that the US strengthen Arctic security
The US president decided to support the continuity of the Chavista regime because he believes that this better guarantees stability in the Latin American country
The sports outfit that the Venezuelan leader was wearing at the time of his capture has become news and a source of satirical material repeated to the point of nausea
Sheinbaum insists on ‘collaboration’ and ‘shared responsibility.’ Trump’s main justification for attacking Caracas is the fight against drug trafficking. It’s the same argument he has used to pressure Mexico on various fronts
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the world had one less dictator, but it was more insecure. In Venezuela, the regime hasn’t even changed
The community of more than half a million fears for the future of their immigration processes, which have been in legal limbo since Trump eliminated TPS and other protections
Island residents are trying to figure out what the fall of Chavismo could mean for them, and whether Cuba might be Washington’s next target as suggested by State Secretary Marco Rubio
In an interview with NBC, the US president said that other officials including State Secretary Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will help oversee the country’s management
The Chavista leader has alleged that the accusations against him are a mask to hide Washington’s ‘imperialist plans’ regarding Venezuela’s oil reserves
A brief two-hour journey was enough for the first outside witnesses to get a sense of a destroyed and practically deserted town with thousands of dead and displaced
The investigation is focused on the owners of the damaged premises, while all the victims have now been identified
Maduro’s disrepute is so great that it has paralyzed action everywhere against the most serious imperialist intervention in recent times
We’ll end up seeing a first-person video of bearded men dragging Maduro out of bed, because this inevitable visual conception of the conflict has been surgically implanted in the retinas of new generations for years
Nicolás Maduro’s wife, who has also been captured by the US, worked behind the scenes to preserve the hegemony of the Chavista regime
The victims were military and intelligence personnel working as part of Nicolás Maduro’s inner security detail, the government in Havana said in a statement
The veteran judge, who oversaw high-profile cases involving 9/11 and Harvey Weinstein, is also handling the case of ‘Pollo’ Carvajal, the former head of intelligence for the Venezuela regime
The military operation against Maduro is the most representative example of the foreign policy that the US president intends to extend
The US president insists that ‘we’re in charge’ of the country after capturing Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and flying them to the US to face criminal charges
Trump embodies an approach that is willing to intervene directly when it believes its strategic interests are at stake
Whatever happens in the country, we would do well to remember that regime change can never be legitimized by force; that has never turned out well
The arrest of Maduro for alleged drug trafficking contrasts with the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of the same crime
Beijing and Caracas strengthened their strategic partnership in 2023, but this does not entail security commitments