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Venezuela Opposition leader Machado says won’t take part in U.S.-backed talks

July 27, 2026 admin

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday (July 26, 2026) she will not participate in U.S.-backed talks with the de facto government of Delcy Rodriguez that are scheduled for August. In a…

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Venezuela govt says 116 political prisoners released

January 12, 2026 admin

Family members of detainees wait outside the National Police Zone 7 Detention Centre as Venezuela’s government begins releasing some detainees, with the freeing of political prisoners marking a move long demanded by human rights groups, international bodies and opposition leaders, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuela said on Monday (January…

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U.S. lifts Caribbean airspace restrictions after Venezuela strike

January 4, 2026 admin

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. File | Photo Credit: AP The United States lifted airspace restrictions over the Caribbean late on Saturday (January 3, 2026) after barring commercial flights during a U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Mr. Maduro and his wife were flown by helicopter to New…

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Venezuelan capital quiet, streets empty after U.S. strike

January 4, 2026 admin

A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela’s capital Caracas on Saturday (January 3, 2026) as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning U.S. strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro. While a few hundred Maduro supporters gathered to clamor for his freedom, the streets were otherwise eerily quiet. “I felt the explosions lift me out…

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Maduro decries U.S.-Trinidad and Tobago military exercises as ‘irresponsible’

November 16, 2025 admin

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. File | Photo Credit: AP Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday (November 15, 2025) slammed new joint military exercises by the United States and its ally Trinidad and Tobago as “irresponsible,” with Washington increasing its armed presence in the Caribbean. Caracas claims recent U.S. military activity in the region — which…

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Russia says it’s ready to respond to Venezuela’s appeal for help

November 7, 2025 admin

Russia is prepared to respond to Venezuela’s requests for assistance, while urging against any escalation of tension in the region. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia is prepared to respond to Venezuela’s requests for assistance, while urging against any escalation of tension in the region, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday (November 7,…

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Venezuela says U.S. marines raided a fishermen’s boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise

September 14, 2025 admin

Venezuelan government has nonetheless called on its citizens to enlist in the militias – armed volunteers – in support of its security forces in the event of a potential incursion. | Photo Credit: AP Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s…

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