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US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday he had authorized covert CIA action against Venezuela and said he was considering strikes against alleged drug cartels on land in the South American country. Trump's comments triggered outrage from leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who decried "coups d'etat orchestrated by the ...
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At 58, María Corina Machado became the first Venezuelan woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement from Oslo recognizes her steadfast and nonviolent fight for democracy in a country where opposing the government carries great risk. Born in Caracas in 1967, she is an industrial engineer and a graduate of the Andrés Bello Catholic ...
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Venezuela said Thursday that it had detected five US fighter jets flying close to its shores, adding to tensions with Washington, which has ordered a major naval build-up in the region. In a TV address, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said that Venezuela's air defenses and the tracking systems of the country's biggest airport "detected more ...
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday he is ready to declare a state of emergency over the threat of US "aggression," following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats. "Today the consultation process began...to declare a state of emergency in accordance with the constitution and protect our people, our peace, ...
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A 6.3-magnitude quake shook northwestern Venezuela late Wednesday, following a slightly smaller tremor in the area, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 14 kilometers (8.7 miles), 27 kilometers from Mene Grande, an oil town in a sparsely populated area of the state of Zulia. The most recent earthquake ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected US allegations of being a drug trafficker and asked President Donald Trump for dialogue, according to a letter released Sunday by Caracas, as tensions soar between the two countries. The letter addressed to Trump is dated September 6 and was sent days after the United States deployed warships off the ...
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In just two weeks, two Venezuelan vessels have been hit by US strikes in the Caribbean, ordered by Donald Trump. The ships were allegedly used to transport cocaine and fentanyl to the US. Three people were killed. Washington accuses Nicolás Maduro of leading a drug cartel and offers $50 million for his capture. In response, Caracas mobilizes ...
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US President Donald Trump announced a new military strike on a boat carrying alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean on Monday, saying three "narcoterrorists" from Venezuela were killed. "This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking ...
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he had deployed 25,000 troops along the Caribbean coast and the border with Colombia amid soaring tensions with US President Donald Trump. In a message Sunday night on social media, Maduro said he had deployed "25,000 men and women from our glorious National Bolivarian Armed Forces" to the frontier with ...
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US President Donald Trump's deadly strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat from Venezuela marks a significant escalation from law enforcement to military action against cartels that his administration has branded as terror groups. Video footage posted by Trump on social media Tuesday showed a multi-engine speedboat with several people aboard ...
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President Donald Trump said US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Trump posted a video online of an open-topped speedboat carrying a number of people traveling on a body of water before it ...
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed Monday that eight US military vessels "with 1,200 missiles" were threatening his country, denouncing an "absolutely criminal, bloody threat." The United States, which accuses Maduro of leading a drug cartel, has announced a deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean in an ...