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The Trump administration has conveyed a warning to Diosdado Cabello, a senior figure in the Venezuelan regime, to help interim President Delcy Rodriguez stay in power or face a similar fate to Nicolas Maduro, captured by U.S. forces and taken to prison last Saturday.

Russia has sent naval forces, including a submarine, to escort an oil tanker that has been fleeing seizure from the U.S. as part of its blockade of sanctioned vessels dealing with Venezuela, according to a new report.

According to reporting by The Associated Press, the comments highlight growing concerns within Republican ranks as the party enters an election year in which control of Congress is at stake.

According to reports, some Democrats reportedly questioned their party's response, suggesting privately that colleagues should be celebrating Maduro's capture rather than denouncing it.

Trump officials reportedly grew frustrated with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after she failed to show detail how she would rule the country if authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro was toppled, according to a new report.

The Trump administration has conveyed three main demands to Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez following her rise to power in the South American country, according to a new report.

U.S. forces are still planning to seize a runaway oil tanker to enforce its blockade off such vessels dealing with Venezuela, even despite it changed its name and was added to a Russian database.

Cuba announced that 32 of its citizens were killed during the operation while carrying out missions on behalf of the Cuban Armed Forces and the Interior Ministry.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration won't allow the Western Hemisphere "to be a base of operation for adversaries, competitors, and rivals of the United States" following the capture of Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.

Armed civilians are setting roadblocks in Caracas and stopping vehicles to search for shows of support for the United States, according to a new report.

The Venezuelan regime, now led by interim President Delcy Rodriguez following the capture of Nicolas Maduro, issued a decree ordering police to "immediately begin the national search and capture of everyone involved in the promotion or support for the armed attack" by the Trump administration.

Venezuela's captured authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro could be eligible for the death penalty if convicted of narco-terrorism charges in the U.S., the New York Post noted.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the notion that elections will take place immediately after the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.

President Donald Trump decided to approve the capture of Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro after his repeated rejections of deals to leave power in exchange for amnesty, according to a new report.

President Donald Trump made a new threat to Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro, saying he could be the next one to fall following the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro rejected a U.S. offer to go into exile in Turkey before he was captured and taken to New York on Saturday.

The New York Times and The Washington Post learned that the U.S. was set to conduct a raid to capture Maduro hours before it was set to take place but held off publishing to not endanger troops, according to a new report.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the U.S. operation that captured Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

The death toll from U.S. attacks against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific now stands at 110 after three strikes in the Eastern Pacific on December 30.

Former CIA director Leon Panetta said that revealing the nature of the strike conducted in Venezuela in December undermined its purpose.

Almost two-thirds of Venezuelans living abroad support a U.S. military intervention to topple authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, according to a new poll.

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, issued a warning to Donald Trump after he said the U.S. would intervene if the Tehran regime "violently kills peaceful protesters" in the demonstrations roiling the country.

Venezuela's oil output in the Orinoco Belt, its richest source in the country, has plummeted since the U.S. began enforcing a blockade of sanctioned tankers in December, according to a new report.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro directly avoided addressing the U.S. strike in the country, telling a journalist "perhaps we'll discuss it in a few days."

According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, 1,733 cases of human trafficking were reported in California in 2024, involving 3,603 victims.

At least 30 people have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, the highest number since 2004.

The Bella 1, the sanctioned tanker fleeing U.S. forces, has formally changed its name and has been added to an official Russian database, according to a new report.

Venezuelan indigenous people described what appeared to be the U.S. strike on cartel infrastructure earlier this month, saying they were unable to hear for hours due to its power.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro again refrained to address the recent U.S. strike on the country, and instead danced to a remix of him calling for no wars.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the UN to adopt a "much more leading role" in addressing the tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela.