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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'
the rundown
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...

Maduro Arrives at US Courthouse
Maduro Arrives
at US Courthouse
Jan 5, 2026 8:08 AM CST

Maduro Arrives at US Courthouse

Deposed Venezuelan leader and wife face first court hearing later Monday

(Newser) - Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was on the move again Monday morning, this time to court. A motorcade brought him from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to a New York City courthouse ahead of his appearance on drug and weapons charges, reports CNN . Maduro and his wife, Cilia, are...

A CIA Source in Venezuela's Government Helped Raid
A CIA Source in Venezuela's
Government Helped Raid
the rundown
Jan 5, 2026 7:38 AM CST

A CIA Source in Venezuela's Government Helped Raid

A look at how the military operation to seize Maduro unfolded

(Newser) - Details continue to emerge on the US military operation to extract Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores from Venezuela over the weekend. Planning for what was called Operation Absolute Resolve began months ago:
  • The CIA had a source in the Venezuelan government tipping them off on Maduro's movements and
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Cuba Lost 32 Officers in US Strike on Venezuela

Military was on an undisclosed mission in Caracas when US attacked

(Newser) - The American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday. The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission its military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela's government, according to a statement read on Cuban state TV. What...

Times, Post Take Polar Opposite Stances on Venezuela

Washington Post supports Trump, while the New York Times blasts him

(Newser) - The New York Times editorial board condemned the US move to seize Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela over the weekend. That likely didn't surprise President Trump. But maybe what did is that the Washington Post editorial board came down strongly on his side. The gist of the competing editorials:
  • Post:
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Maduro Is Being Held at a Notorious Brooklyn Jail

Some judges have refused to send people there

(Newser) - The Brooklyn jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled that some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed such famous inmates as music stars R. Kelly and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Opened in the early 1990s, the Metropolitan Detention Center,...

Maduro, Handcuffed in Brooklyn: 'Happy New Year'

Deposed Venezuelan leader behind bars in New York

(Newser) - On Friday, he was running a country of about 30 million people. On Sunday, deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was behind bars in Brooklyn. "Happy new year," the handcuffed Maduro said as photographers snapped his photo upon his arrival Saturday at the Metropolitan Detention Center, reports El Pais...

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