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Cubans Mourn After Remains Are Returned From Venezuela

Crowds wait in rain to pay their respects

(Newser) - Cuba on Thursday publicly received the remains of 32 citizens killed in the US military operation that toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, turning Havana's main airport into a stage for grief and political messaging. State television carried live images of small flag-draped boxes arriving from Venezuela on Thursday,...

US Seizes Another Venezuela-Linked Tanker

'The only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully'

(Newser) - US forces just added another ship to their tally in the Caribbean. American troops seized a sixth oil tanker tied to Venezuela early Thursday, US Southern Command said, part of a widening crackdown on vessels accused of moving sanctioned crude, CBS News reports. In a pre-dawn operation, Marines and sailors...

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Turns Up at the Vatican

Maria Corina Machado meets with Pope Leo in a surprise audience

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday. The meeting, which the AP reports hadn't been previously included in the list of Leo's planned appointments, was later listed by the...

Trump: 'I Didn't Like Exxon's Response'

President says he's 'inclined' to keep the company out of Venezuela

(Newser) - President Trump is warning that one of America's biggest oil companies may be unwelcome in one of the world's biggest oil patches. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, the president said he is inclined to block Exxon Mobil from future projects in Venezuela after the...

Trump Says He Called Off 2nd Wave of Venezuela Attacks

He praises release of political prisoners, cooperation on oil and gas infrastructure

(Newser) - President Trump says the US and Venezuela are working so well together that he has called off a second wave of attacks. In a Truth Social post early Friday, the president praised cooperation on oil infrastructure and Venezuela's release of high-profile prisoners on Thursday, CNBC reports.
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Shamans' First Big Prediction of 2026 Comes True

Peruvian spiritual guides predicted Maduro would fall

(Newser) - Score one for Peru's shamans: The ouster of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela means the spiritual guides already have gotten one of their annual major prophecies correct, reports Euro News . Of note to Americans: The shamans also foresee President Trump falling ill.

In Cuba, 'It's Never Been as Bad as It Is Now'

About a third of the nation in poverty amid loss of Venezuelan oil, blackouts, food shortages

(Newser) - Cuba's leadership is confronting an economic unraveling that longtime residents and economists say is without precedent since the island nation's revolution in the 1950s. Power outages of up to 20 hours a day, empty ration stores, and waits for gasoline that stretch for months have become routine. "...

DeSantis Mulls State Charges Against Maduro

Fla. governor backs seeking separate state case over Venezuela leader's alleged drug crimes

(Newser) - Florida could try to pile on Nicolas Maduro's legal troubles. Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week that the attorney general's office in Florida is "looking very seriously" at bringing state charges against the Venezuelan leader, days after Maduro was brought to the US and pleaded not guilty...

Maduro, Wife Injured During US Raid on Compound

Couple treated for injuries before pleading not guilty in US court

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro didn't emerge from his hidden room unscathed when US commandos showed up at his door, sources say. According to a US official and another person familiar with the operation who spoke to NBC News , Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, suffered minor injuries—either...

Trump: Venezuela to Send US Up to 50M Barrels of Oil

He says it will be sold at market price and 'that money will be controlled by me'

(Newser) - President Trump says Venezuela is about to send a gusher of oil north—and he'll personally control the cash flow. In a Truth Social post Tuesday evening, Trump claimed interim authorities in the country will transfer 30 million to 50 million barrels of "High Quality, Sanctioned Oil" to...

Venezuela Says Dozens Were Killed in US 'War Crime'

At least 24 security officers died, along with 32 Cubans

(Newser) - At least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night US military operation to capture Nicolas Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal drug charges, officials said Tuesday. Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab said "dozens" of officials and civilians were killed and...

Maduro Judge Is 92-Year-Old 'Thorn in Trump's Side'

Veteran NY judge Alvin Hellerstein known for not caring what others think

(Newser) - The judge overseeing Nicolas Maduro's criminal case seems to be as notable for his age as for his refusal to bend to expectations. Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge in Manhattan appointed by President Bill Clinton just a month after Google became a registered company, handled Monday's arraignment...

Trump: US Could Pay Back Big Oil's Venezuela Investment

He suggests the idea ahead of administration's meetings with wary oil execs

(Newser) - President Trump is dangling a major incentive to US oil companies if they help remake Venezuela's battered energy sector: the prospect that Washington might pay them back. Analysts say the effort is likely to take years and billions of dollars, per the Guardian . In an interview with NBC News...

Polls Reveal Huge Split on US Actions in Venezuela

Partisan divides revealed along with little overall support

(Newser) - Americans are backing the surprise US assault on Venezuela in only limited numbers, with far more worried about what comes next. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that about one-third of Americans approve of the military operation that removed President Nicolás Maduro, while 72% fear the US will get drawn...

Machado Courts Trump— by Offering Him Her Nobel

Venezuelan opposition leader says her movement ought to be in power

(Newser) - Venezuela's most prominent opposition figure used a friendly US TV forum to court the one man now standing between her movement and power: President Trump. In a 10-minute interview on Fox News , María Corina Machado repeatedly praised the president, appealed for his backing, and even offered to hand...

Trump Administration Has Rare Reaction to Media on Venezuela

It's a 'thank you' from Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reporters for keeping plans of raid quiet

(Newser) - In the wake of last weekend's US military action in Venezuela, the news media got something it seldom hears from the Trump administration: a thank you. Secretary of State Marco Rubio credited news organizations that had learned in advance about last Saturday's strike leading to the capture of...

Prediction Traders Rapidly Wagered on Maduro's Ouster

Prediction market odds swung sharply after US airspace directive

(Newser) - Traders on a popular crypto-based prediction site spent Friday night rapidly rewriting the odds on Venezuela's leader losing power this month, the Wall Street Journal reports. On Polymarket, a site where users wager on political and world events, the implied probability that President Nicolás Maduro would be out...

Maduro's Wife Is His 'First Combatant'

Cilia Flores, facing US drug-trafficking trial, viewed as 'the power behind the throne'

(Newser) - Cilia Flores has long been more than just Nicolás Maduro's spouse, and her capture alongside the Venezuelan president now puts one of the country's most influential political figures in the dock with him, CNN reports. Flores, 69, rose from a working-class childhood in western Caracas to become...

Maduro, Wife Plead Not Guilty
Maduro Tells Judge
He Was Kidnapped
Jan 5, 2026 12:06 PM CST

Maduro Tells Judge He Was Kidnapped

He pleads not guilty, says 'I am still president of my country'

(Newser) - Nicolas Maduro made his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York. Maduro and his wife appeared before US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan for a brief, but required, legal proceeding that...

Monroe Doctrine Gives Way to 'Trump Corollary'
Monroe Doctrine Gives
Way to 'Trump Corollary'
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Jan 5, 2026 9:58 AM CST

Monroe Doctrine Gives Way to 'Trump Corollary'

President cites 'Donroe doctrine' to explain aggressive the US approach in Latin America

(Newser) - In discussing the US seizure of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, President Trump has resurrected talk about the Monroe Doctrine—the idea espoused by the nation's fifth president in 1823 that Europe should butt out of Latin America. Trump, however, is pushing a more aggressive version, which he referred to...

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