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US talks with hardline Venezuelan minister Cabello began months before raid

Officials in President Donald Trump’s administration were in quiet contact with Venezuela’s hardline interior minister Diosdado Cabello months before the US raid that seized President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, and those communications have continued since. Multiple sources say the talks were aimed at preventing further instability and focused on urging the 62‑year‑old power broker not to deploy security forces or ruling‑party militias against opposition supporters.​ Cabello controls key elements of Venezuela’s security apparatus, including intelligence services, police and parts of the armed forces, which have largely remained intact after Maduro’s removal. He is named in the same US drug‑trafficking indictment used to justify Maduro’s arrest, yet he was not detained in the operation, and discussions with Washington have also touched on sanctions and the criminal charges he faces.​ US officials see Cabello’s stance as critical to the survival of […]

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Venezuelans await more prisoner releases

Venezuelans are anxiously waiting for the release of more political detainees after the interim government promised to free a large number of prisoners jailed under former president Nicolas Maduro. Rights group Foro Penal says about 800 to 900 people are still behind bars for political reasons, even though only a small fraction have been freed so far.​ The releases began days after US forces seized Maduro in Caracas and flew him to New York to face drug trafficking charges. US President Donald Trump praised the move as a smart gesture and cancelled a planned second wave of military strikes on Venezuela, saying the country had shown a desire to seek peace.​ Interim president Delcy Rodriguez and her brother Jorge Rodriguez, head of the National Assembly, announced that a significant number of Venezuelan and foreign prisoners would be freed. However, they […]

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Trump to meet Venezuela’s Machado in Washington next week

US President Donald Trump says he plans to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington next week. He spoke during an interview on Fox News, after recent US military strikes in Venezuela led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.​ Trump said he understands Machado will be in Washington and that he looks forward to greeting her, but did not give a specific date or agenda for the meeting. The White House has not released further details, and Machado’s team has also not confirmed the exact plans.​ This would be Trump’s first meeting with Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in October for her role in opposing Maduro’s government. The talks are expected to focus on Venezuela’s political future after Maduro’s removal and the role the opposition could play in a new government.​ Trump has said he […]

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Cubans fear deeper crisis as Venezuela oil lifeline is choked off

Cubans are bracing for even tougher times after the United States seized two more Venezuela linked oil tankers, threatening to cut a key source of fuel to the island.​The seizures come just days after US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, raising the risk that Venezuelan crude supplies to Cuba could shrink further or stop.​ In the port city of Matanzas, shuttered filling stations and long queues for petrol already reflect worsening shortages.​Residents fear longer and more frequent power cuts, saying the loss of Venezuelan oil will deepen an economic crisis marked by high inflation, blackouts and shortages of basic goods.​ Venezuela had recently supplied about 27000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba, covering roughly half of the country’s fuel deficit.​Mexico and Russia have become important secondary suppliers, but Mexico’s president says her country has not increased shipments, limiting […]

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Venezuela experts condemn US strike and Maduro’s capture

Nigeria’s foreign policy community has sharply criticised the recent United States military strike in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.​Experts say the action violates international law, undermines national sovereignty and risks destabilising Latin America.​ What NIIA and experts said The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and other foreign policy scholars described the operation as a dangerous precedent.​They warned that the use of force to remove a sitting leader, even one accused of serious crimes, erodes global norms built to prevent unilateral interventions.​ Concerns over international law Analysts argued that the strike breached the UN Charter principles on non-use of force and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.​They stressed that accountability for alleged narco-terrorism or human rights abuses should follow legal, multilateral processes, not unilateral military action.​ Risks for Africa and global order The experts cautioned that accepting […]

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Trump renews Greenland push, warns Cuba, Colombia, Mexico

US President Donald Trump has again set his sights on Greenland after ordering military action in Venezuela, saying the United States “needs” the Arctic territory for national security and accusing Denmark of being unable to protect it. He framed Greenland as strategically vital due to its location and rising great power competition in the Arctic, repeating his desire to bring the largely autonomous Danish territory under US control.​ Trump also issued sharp threats against left leaning governments in Latin America, particularly Colombia and Cuba, following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. He accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of overseeing cocaine production and warned that Petro “won’t be doing it for long,” while suggesting a possible US operation in Colombia “sounds good” to him.​ Mexico was likewise warned to “get its act together” over drug cartels, with Trump hinting at […]

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Maduro to face US judge after capture

Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is due to make his first appearance in a United States federal court in Manhattan on Monday, two days after he was seized in a U.S. military operation in Caracas and flown to New York. Court officials say the hearing, scheduled for around noon, will be an initial appearance and arraignment on long standing U.S. federal charges.​ Maduro faces a four count indictment accusing him of leading a 25 year narco terrorism and cocaine trafficking conspiracy that allegedly used Venezuela’s state institutions and security forces to move tons of cocaine into the United States. The charges include conspiracy to commit narco terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, and related weapons offences involving machine guns and explosives.​ He is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn alongside other high profile inmates while awaiting trial. U.S. […]

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Pékin exige la libération immédiate de Maduro

La Chine a vivement réagi à l’arrestation du président vénézuélien Nicolas Maduro et de son épouse, appelant les États-Unis à les libérer sans délai. La déclaration a été faite dimanche 4 janvier par le ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères. Dans un communiqué officiel, Pékin exhorte Washington à garantir l’intégrité physique du chef de l’État vénézuélien et de son épouse, tout en mettant fin à toute action visant à déstabiliser les autorités en place à Caracas. Les autorités chinoises estiment que l’opération menée constitue une atteinte grave au droit international et aux règles fondamentales qui encadrent les relations entre États. Le ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères juge également que cette intervention va à l’encontre des principes et des objectifs de la Charte des Nations unies. Selon Pékin, seule une approche fondée sur le dialogue, la négociation et le respect de la […]

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Maduro seized, but power network still holds Venezuela

Venezuela faces deep uncertainty over who is really in charge after U.S. forces seized President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of the country, even though Washington says Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has been named acting leader. Venezuela’s top court has said the constitution makes Rodríguez interim president in Maduro’s absence, but she quickly appeared on state TV with powerful regime figures to insist Maduro remains the only president, signalling that his inner circle is still united.​ For more than a decade, real power in Venezuela has rested with a small group of senior civilian and military officials who control security forces, state institutions and major economic sectors. Analysts say this patronage network, built on loyalty, corruption and surveillance, is harder to dismantle than simply removing Maduro, because dozens of key players would need to be sidelined before genuine change […]

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Starmer cautious on legality of US action in Venezuela

Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say whether the United States’ military operation in Venezuela breached international law, stating that he is still awaiting full details of the action. Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme on Saturday, the prime minister avoided condemning the US strikes, explaining that the situation was evolving and that key facts were still unclear. He stressed, however, that he has consistently supported the principles of international law and would not avoid addressing the issue once more information becomes available. Sir Keir confirmed that the United Kingdom played no role in the large-scale operation carried out by the United States, which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He also said he had not yet discussed the operation with US President Donald Trump. Later the same day, the prime minister posted on […]

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