Trump, Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro
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For years, Venezuelans fighting to unseat President Nicolás Maduro have hoped the country’s military would do the job for them. But even with a menacing U.S. Navy buildup currently offshore, the strongman is virtually coup-proof. The leftist leader has ...
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Venezuela floated a plan for Maduro to slowly give up power, but was rejected by US, AP source says
Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.
In a new interview with NBC Nightly News Saturday anchor José Díaz-Balart, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado criticized leader Nicolas Maduro’s regime and praised President Trump as the Pentagon raises military pressure in the region.
A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge, who is president of the National Assembly, have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime,
As President Donald Trump weighs military action inside Venezuela, building up forces in the Caribbean and flying B-52 bombers off the country’s coast this week, Nicolás Maduro is responding in kind,
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Is the US about to attack Venezuela?
As of Friday, it appears very possible that the US military could take military action against alleged cartel targets in Venezuela within the coming days. These could include drug labs, airstrips used for cocaine shipments, or camps of the armed groups backed by the regime.
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday rejected as “false” a Miami Herald report that said a group of senior regime officials — led by her and her brother Jorge Rodríguez — had twice offered Washington a plan to replace Nicolás Maduro in an effort to ease tensions with the United States.
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Practically All Venezuelans Describe Maduro's Regime as a Narco-Terrorist Organization, Survey Shows
A new survey found that nearly nine out of ten Venezuelans describe Nicolás Maduro's government as a narco-terrorist organization, reflecting widespread public discontent and deep mistrust toward the country's leadership.