People celebrate at the Bolivar square in Bogota on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (AFP) World Global Reactions Split After US Seizes Venezuela’s Maduro as Trump Signals Interim Control
U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graphics: Kurdistan24) World Trump Announces U.S. Will “Run” Venezuela After Maduro Captured in Striking Military Operation
Venezuelans living in Chile celebrate in Santiago on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (AFP) USA From Sanctions to Strikes: How U.S. Pressure on Venezuela Culminated in Maduro’s Capture
U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graphics: Kurdistan24) World Trump Announces Capture of Venezuela's Maduro Following Large-Scale Military Strikes
A Boeing C-17 Globemaster taxis on a tarmac at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 29, 2025. (AFP) World CIA Conducts Drone Strike on Venezuelan Docking Facility Linked to Drug Trade, Sources Say
People walk under Christmas decorations at Los Proceres boulevard in Caracas on December 19, 2025. (AFP) World Venezuela Gripped by Fear of U.S. War as Maduro Warns Washington Seeks His Ouster
Surrounded by his top national security aides, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, at his Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP) USA Trump Issues Forceful New Warning to Maduro as US Escalates Tanker Interdictions
Oil tanker Centuries boarded by the U.S. Coast Guard in Venezuelan waters. (Photo: TankerTrackers.com) World U.S. Coast Guard Boards Second Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil as Trump Ramps Up Pressure
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in Washington, DC on Dec. 19, 2025. (AFP) USA Rubio Says US Working on International Force for Gaza As Ceasefire Holds
US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growlers fly over José Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, on Dec. 15, 2025. (AFP) USA US Forces Strike Drug-Trafficking Vessel in Pacific, Four Killed
An oil tanker called the Skipper in the southern Caribbean Sea. It was seized by the United States. (AP) World Seized Tanker Exposes Cuba’s Secret Financial Lifeline in Shadowy Venezuelan Oil Trade
