In a message shared via his official Telegram channel on December 30, 2025, Maduro congratulated the Venezuelan military for reaching a total of 39 drug-trafficking planes downed in 2025 and 430 since authorities began enforcing the current anti-drug law.

After dancing in circles and playing ancestral instruments, the shamans asked for peace in the Middle East, an end to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the fall of President Maduro. The prayers to the gods, performed amid flowers and incense, as well as dances, are intended to encourage leaders to make good decisions.

It is rare that a U.S. president would announce covert action publicly. But that is what President Trump did Monday when he acknowledged a strike on a port facility in Venezuela. Media outlets reported it was the CIA that launched the drone strike.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the country has spent weeks under threat from a "Goliath," as the United States ramps up military operations in the region and signals a more aggressive posture toward Caracas.

The U.S. sanctions four Venezuelan oil firms and tankers amid ongoing pressure on Maduro's regime and drug trafficking concerns.

What’s needed is a US rapid-deployment economic team ready to shore up new or fragile democracies like Venezuela — and keep them on our side.

President Trump says Nicolás Maduro is running out of time. But as U.S. warships amass off Venezuela’s coast and Washington escalates a partial oil blockade, the embattled strongman is signaling something very different: that he expects to outlast American pressure.

In the wake of bipartisan lawmakers announcing an investigation into military attacks on suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats, the Trump administration continues to escalate its threats against the South American country and its president, accusing ...

Cuban agents are protecting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as tensions flare with the US — as American forces seized a third oil tanker in the Caribbean on Sunday. The

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the United States of pursuing regime change and territorial control after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Venezuela had stolen American “oil, land and other assets.