Nicolas Maduro
Trump 2.0 is all about power. His biggest move may be just days away
Under Trump 2.0, the so-called norms of the rules-based order are being tossed aside in favour of raw power and brute strength. But it won’t necessarily pay off.
- Michael Koziol
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- Venezuela crisis
Trump has pulled the US into a joint venture with a leftist kleptocracy
Little now remains of the moral and legal order that we used to call the West.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The record cocaine haul and a panicked ‘insider’: US outlines case against Maduro
For customs agents at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, what they found inside 30 suitcases was like nothing they had ever seen.
- Colin Freeman
Nobel winner backs ‘courageous’ Trump over raid – but issues warning
The Venezuelan political leader who fled the country last month thanked the US president, but sounded the alarm over her country’s new Trump-backed interim leader.
- David Crowe
Mystery trader gains $610,000 windfall with bet on Maduro’s capture
The trade is likely to attract scrutiny from US lawmakers who have been pushing for stricter insider trading rules.
- Anirban Sen
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- Venezuela crisis
Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela
The briefing came as toppled leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to US drugs charges and the Venezuelan government sought to show the world it is being run independently.
- Lisa Mascaro and Michelle Nichols
With slow, deliberate steps and a smile, ousted autocrat meets his new reality
Ripped from his compound two days earlier as he slept, Nicolás Maduro found himself in a crowded New York courtroom - where he was no longer the highest authority.
- Jonah E. Bromwich, Benjamin Weiser, Maia Coleman and Hurubie Meko
US won’t govern Venezuela, Rubio says, as Trump threatens Maduro deputy
Venezuela’s interim leader may pay a hefty price “if she doesn’t do what’s right”, Trump warned, and said other territories – including Colombia – may be subject to American intervention.
- Andy Sullivan and Regina Garcia Cano
US-Venezuela as it happened: ‘Extremely dangerous’ precedent set by Trump; Maduro prepares to face New York court after capture
After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an audacious US military operation, the fallout continues as questions mount over Trump’s actions and what comes next for Venezuela. Follow our updates.
- Jack Gramenz and Daniel Lo Surdo
‘They’re invading us’: It began as a normal night, until the casual atmosphere turned to panic
Video filmed on mobile phones by Venezuelans in different cities captured the US air and ground incursion playing out in real time.
- Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Arijeta Lajka and McKinnon de Kuyper