Nicolas Maduro

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration's interests in the Western Hemisphere just a month after the U.S. military operation that removed then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power.

In November, the Florida Board of Education adopted standards for teaching middle and high school students about communism. After that, President Donald Trump directed the U.S. military to invade Venezuela and capture Maduro.

An Argentine judge has requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York.

Thirty days after the U.S. captured then-President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela remains in turmoil. Many citizens are unsure about the current situation, with fears of further attacks and government repression. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez faces questions about her autonomy and potential U.S. influence.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. used a secret weapon he called "The Discombobulator" to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. The president also renewed his threat to conduct military strikes on land against drug cartels, including in Mexico. Trump made the comments in an interview Friday with the New York Post.

South Florida U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says she sees no progress toward democracy in Venezuela following the ousting of authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.

The extraction of Nicolas Maduro was welcome news to many Venezuelans living in the United States.

Immigration experts in the United States and Latin America and groups that track Venezuelan prisons said Venezuela has no known policy or practice of sending prisoners to the U.S., and Venezuelan prisons remain overcrowded.

COMMENTARY President Trump's "law enforcement" capture of Venezuela's dictator will be regarded a failure if it doesn't mean democracy restoration — which may require more U.S. military force.

Though "jarred" by President Trump's snub of opposition leader María Corina Machado, expats say they accept a transition to democracy in Venezuela will take time — and in the meantime they'll push the regime to accelerate it.

In Venezuela, Catholic and evangelical leaders are appealing for calm, while many in the diaspora welcome the change. Miami's Catholic archbishop says there is anxiety about the future but believes the church can help the country move forward.