AFP

Articles from the author

US allies, foes alarmed by Maduro capture

International tensions rise After US operation in Venezuela

This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro

Trump: Machado doesn't have 'support' to run Venezuela

US works with Maduro's VP, not Machado, Trump states

President Donald Trump

'Months of planning and rehearsal' for Maduro seizure

More than 150 US aircraft were used in the operation

General Dan Cain

Trump says US oil firms to head into Venezuela

They will ' fix the badly broken infrastructure'

President Donald Trump said Saturday he would allow American oil companies to head into Venezuela to tap its massive crude reserves after a US military operation that seized the country's leader Nicolas Maduro.

Trump says US 'will run' Venezuela until transition

Says US ready for a second strike if needed

Trump says US 'will run' Venezuela until 'safe' transition

Trump posts photo of handcuffed, blindfolded Maduro

The Venezuelan leader had on what appeared to be noise-canceling ear muffs

Trump posts photo of handcuffed, blindfolded Maduro

Who is Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro?

What you need to know about a decade of power and controversy

Nicolas Maduro.

US woman killed in rare suspected mountain lion attack

Big cats potentially involved in the suspected mauling were euthanised

Mountain lion

Trump explains bruised hand, denies dozing off

The US President says aspirin caused bruising and insists he was only ‘relaxing’

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting in the cabinet room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025.

Maduro elusive on US attack, open to dialogue

Venezuelan leader dodges question about an alleged US attack on a dock

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. His government has neither confirmed nor denied the attack on a dock in Venezuela by the US military.

Brazil's Bolsonaro heads back to prison after treatment

Former leader returns to prison to resume 27-year jail sentence for coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures from his residence in Brasilia on September 3, 2025.

Tears, silence at vigil for Swiss fire victims

40 died, 100 injured in the blaze the ripped through crowded bar at 1.30am

Police control access to the street where a fire ripped through a crowded bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana on January 1, 2026.

LOAD MORE

TRENDING STORIES