According to a statement by Donald Trump on social media, United States armed forces and security personnel carried out military operations in Venezuela, resulting in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received in Caracas Qiu Xiaoqi, special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a visit marked by mounting military and economic pressure from the United States on Venezuela and by China’s growing role as the country’s main energy partner.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the designation of ten individuals and entities based in Venezuela and Iran, whom it accuses of participating in the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ballistic missile components, and other Iranian military capabilities. This action is part of the context of the reimposition of United Nations sanctions against Tehran in 2025.
A U.S. military helicopter flew over the Centuries, a Panama-flagged vessel that was intercepted on Saturday east of Barbados in…
The U.S. boarded a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, which, according to sources quoted by Axios, was not sanctioned, unlike Skipper, which was seized on December 10.
President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during a 2024 meeting with Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City….
The IACHR and UN Experts Point to Human Rights Violations in U.S. Operations, While Congress Members Promote Resolutions to Prevent…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against a network of individuals and entities associated with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan criminal group designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The measure targets both the group’s leadership and facilitators within the entertainment industry.
Washington has asked Caracas to authorize repatriation flights this very week, amid the de facto closure of Venezuelan airspace ordered by Donald Trump and the crisis generated by the suspension of routes to Spain. More than 70 deportation flights have landed at Maiquetía since both governments resumed migration cooperation.
The Bloomberg agency has reiterated, using satellite maps, that a growing wave of electromagnetic interference is making Venezuelan airspace practically impassable, diverting commercial flights and forcing several international airlines to suspend operations. The phenomenon coincides with the most significant US naval deployment in the Caribbean in years and the state of alert decreed by Nicolás Maduro, fueling fears of a regional conflict and leaving Venezuela isolated on the air navigation map.
