Venezuela’s national assembly (File photo) Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a law to open the country’s oil sector to private companies, reversing a policy that has kept the industry under state control for more than 20 years. The vote comes less than a month after then-President Nicolás Maduro was seized in a US military…
What if someone knows what is about to happen and bets on it? This is just what many people are wondering after a mystery trader walked away with a payout of more than $436,000 from an online prediction market, after US announced the capture of Venezuela’s former President, Nicolas Maduro, according to CBS news.An anonymous…
US President Donald Trump on Monday said Venezuela will not hold new elections within the next 30 days and that the country must first be stabilised following the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Speaking to NBC News, Trump insisted the United States is not at war with Venezuela, even as it deepens its involvement…
Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president on Monday, two days after US forces captured her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, to face trial in New York. Rodriguez took the oath in the National Assembly, telling lawmakers she did so “in the name of all Venezuelans.” She has hinted she…
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro made his first appearance in a US courtroom on Monday following his capture, entering a plea of not guilty to all charges and asserting that he remains Venezuela’s legitimate leader.“I am innocent, I am not guilty,” Maduro told the judge, adding, “I am a decent man.” As he continued speaking in…
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Monday arrived in Manhattan ahead of his first court appearance in the United States, days after his dramatic seizure in Caracas. Maduro, 63, was flown by helicopter to a Manhattan heliport near the federal courthouse before being transferred into an armoured vehicle.Wearing a tan prison jumpsuit and bright orange…
“This is western hemisphere. This is where we live” was the answer of US secretary of state Marco Rubio when asked what was the need to take over Venezuelan oil industry if the purpose of operation was to bring now deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to justice. Rubio in an interview to NBC news on…
Nicolas Maduro escorted by US officials (Image/X) The first video of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arriving in the United States was released on Saturday (local time), showing him handcuffed and escorted by US officials as he stepped off a helicopter at New York’s Stewart Airport.Hours earlier, Maduro was captured by US forces during a late-night…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were dragged from their bedroom during the overnight US military raid that led to their capture, according to officials briefed on the operation, as cited by CNN.The couple were asleep at their home inside the heavily guarded Ft Tiuna military complex in Caracas when US special…
Maria Corina Machado (File photo) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has returned to global focus after US President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Venezuela’s long-time leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been “captured” amid large-scale American strikes on the South American nation.While Machado has not reacted publicly to…