Trump vows US will ‘run’ Venezuela until ‘safe’ transition of power

President Donald Trump said the United States is “going to run the country” in Venezuela until what he described as a safe, proper and judicious transition can take place. Trump framed the role as temporary but necessary, saying the U.S. does not want to allow “somebody else get in” before conditions are stable. He said […]

House GOP critics break with Trump over Venezuela operation that captured Maduro

President Donald Trump’s House GOP critics are ripping the administration’s operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the first to criticize the Trump administration’s operation in Venezuela, again breaking from the majority of his party and butting heads with the commander-in-chief. Massie, a […]

Maduro met Chinese envoy hours before US capture from Caracas as Beijing slams operation

Just hours before his capture by the U.S., Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro met with a Chinese envoy, highlighting the great power competition between Washington and Beijing in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro received Qiu Xiaoqi, the Chinese government’s special representative for Latin American affairs, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Friday — reaffirming Caracas’ strategic ties […]

Maduro gave state TV address as US strikes in Venezuela began: report

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reportedly made a statement on television and radio early Saturday as the U.S. strikes against his country unfolded, describing them as an “attack against the sovereignty of Venezuela.”  The remarks came before President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were “captured and flown out of the country” […]

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