Tag: armed incursion

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Venezuelan court sentenced two former US soldiers to 20 years in prison over a failed coup to oust Maduro

  

  A Venezuelan court sentenced two former US soldiers to 20 years in prison for their role in a failed incursion aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro in early May, chief prosecutor Tarek Saab said over the weekend.

• Monday, May 18th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  The failed operation to oust Maduro by a Canadian mercenary ex Green Beret

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – It's hard being born Canadian if your ambition is to be a real-life version of movie tough guy Jean-Claude Van Damme (Blood Sport, Death Warrant, Universal Soldier, Last Action Hero). The same goes for being Belgian, of course, but Van Damme just wanted to be in the movies.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  US Congress demands Trump explain the botched “invasion” of Venezuela with two US citizens arrested

  

  The head of a US congressional committee said on Tuesday he was asking President Donald Trump's administration for explanations over a mysterious botched “invasion” of Venezuela in which two Americans were arrested.

• Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Washington Post exposes links between US company and Venezuela opposition plot to capture and oust Maduro

  

  Members of Venezuela’s opposition in October negotiated a US$ 213 million deal with a small Florida security company to invade the country and overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, according to a document published by the Washington Post on Thursday.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:11 UTC

  Venezuela television shows a captured US “terrorist” as part of a plot to oust Maduro

  

  Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said he was instructed to seize control of Caracas' airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States.