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Alex Brandon/AP/APAccording to Scott, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is grateful for President Donald Trump’s “bold action to hold Nicolás Maduro and his thugs accountable and work to restore freedom and democracy in Venezuela.” She also demanded that the Venezuelan government immediately release all its political prisoners, including Americans. -
Evan Vucci/APVenezuelan officials say at least 24 of the country's security officers were killed in the dead-of-night U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal drug charges.
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After the United States launched a military strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro, the people of the South American nation were left wondering what happens now. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reached out to Venezuelans to hear how they are experiencing this historic moment. -
Venezuelan leaders are asserting the country's independence after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, politicians in Caracas reelected their longtime speaker and condemned Maduro's capture by U.S. forces. Maduro's son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, called for his father's return and international support. -
With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them. -
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores have pleaded not guilty to all charges during their first court appearance in their federal narco-terrorism case. -
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been taken to a U.S. courthouse as he's set to make his first appearance in an American courtroom. Maduro and his wife are expected to appear at noon Monday before a judge in New York. -
President Trump says the U.S. will now "run" Venezuela after capturing its leader. Here's how the politics could play out at home. -
The rise of Venezuela's deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, was slow, beginning in youth politics and shaped by the mentorship of Hugo Chávez. Maduro's fall, too, unfolded over years. -
In a Jan. 3 press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the U.S. would "run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition." We fact-checked Trump’s and Rubio’s statements from the press conference. -
Organizers of last year’s “No Kings” protest are demanding Congress block President Donald Trump from “continuing military action in Venezuela.” -
President Trump said the U.S. would "run" Venezuela, following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday. But many questions remain about what's next.
