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Montevideo, January 6th 2026 - 12:31 UTC

Tag: Nicolas Maduro

  • Saturday, January 3rd 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    Explosions and reported bombings in Caracas and Venezuelan military bases

    Images from different angles in Caracas of the explosions and helicopters flying over the city.

    A wave of powerful explosions shook Caracas during the early hours of Saturday, marking the most serious escalation to date in the confrontation between the United States and Venezuela. Residents reported repeated blasts, aircraft flying at low altitude, and widespread power outages, while images and videos circulating on social media showed fires and thick columns of smoke rising from several strategic areas of the capital.

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  • Saturday, January 3rd 2026 - 08:52 UTC

    Buenos Aires updates advisory against traveling to Venezuela

    Buenos Aires highlighted that Argentines traveling to Venezuela would be doing so at their own risk

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry on Friday updated a travel advisory warning against visiting Venezuela, given the growing number of “arbitrary detentions” under the Chavista regime of Nicolás Maduro.

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  • Friday, January 2nd 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    Venezuela releases 88 people detained in post-2024 elections riots

    Those released will enjoy limited freedom pending their trials, human rights organizations warned

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime announced the release of 88 people who had been detained following the July 28, 2024, presidential elections, which Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite producing no corroborating evidence.

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  • Tuesday, December 30th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    US conducts first ground-target strike in Venezuela as Operation Southern Spear escalates

    “Nothing comes of it,” said Trump about his talks with Maduro

    US President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that the United States has launched its first strike against a land-based target in Venezuela, marking a significant escalation in the administration's “anti-narco-terrorism” campaign.

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  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Caracas releases 71 political prisoners

    Sixty-five men were released from the Tocorón prison

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime released on Thursday 71 political prisoners who had been detained during the wave of protests following the controversial July 2024 presidential elections, which Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite producing no supporting evidence.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Petro suggests Maduro moves on to “transitional government”

    Maduro wants to join forces with Colombia as Trump warns Petro would be targeted next

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intensified diplomatic pressure on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, calling for a “general amnesty” and the formation of a “transitional government with the inclusion of all” to resolve Venezuela’s protracted political crisis.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan shores

    Shippers are expected to be more cautious in the future when loading Venezuelan crude, US authorities hope

    The United States seized a large oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday in a high-stakes maritime operation, marking a significant escalation in the pressure campaign against the Bolivarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    What are the conditions Maduro offered Trump? The keys behind US president’s ultimatum

    The Venezuelan president was reportedly willing to step down, but only under a set of political and judicial guarantees that Washington deemed unacceptable

    Amid an unprecedented military buildup and the formal designation of Venezuela’s so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Nicolás Maduro “will do it,” when asked whether the Venezuelan leader had offered to step down. At the same press conference, Trump announced that US ground operations against “narcoterrorists” in Venezuela would begin “very soon,” adding: “We know where they live. We know where the bad guys live.” His comments come as more details emerge of a phone call in which, according to Reuters and France 24, Maduro reportedly laid out specific conditions for leaving office.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 19:02 UTC

    Venezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from US despite Trump’s airspace closure claim

    Venezuela has regularly accepted repatriation flights in recent months, even as the US military has carried out strikes on small boats in the Caribbean, claiming they were involved in drug trafficking

    The Venezuelan government announced on Tuesday that it had approved a US request to operate a migrant repatriation flight, just days after President Donald Trump declared that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.” The move, reported by The New York Times, highlights that communication between Washington and Caracas remains active despite escalating tensions over Trump’s military campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Maduro stays in Venezuela, rejects Trump's offer to resign

    Maduro, who is running out of options to resign and leave his country, reportedly asked for another call with Trump

    Venezuela's Bolivarian leader Nicolás Maduro was reported on Monday to have stayed in his country despite US President Donald Trump's offer to step down in exchange for immunity. During a private telephone conversation on Nov. 21, Washington rejected Maduro's terms and set a deadline for his departure, which has now expired.