Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from CIA

Former Green Beret Behind Failed Venezuelan Coup Claims CIA Engineered the 'Cartel de los Soles' Decades Ago

Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret involved in a failed 2020 armed incursion into Venezuela, has alleged that the CIA created the so-called "Cartel de los Soles" in the 1990s and later used it to justify U.S. policies against successive Venezuelan governments.

Latin Times

A thrilling tale of skulduggery and spies

William Boyd once wrote a Bond novel, Solo, but Gabriel Dax, the spy in The Predicament, is, unlike Bond, only reluctantly in the espionage business and really would like to devote himself full time to his other job, as a travel writer. Right now he’s finishing off his book on…

Evening Standard

Is the White House Daring Maduro to 'FAFO'? White House's 'FAFO' Message Escalates Tensions with Venezuela

The White House's "FAFO" post confirms Maduro's resource offer and escalates tensions amid military buildup and CIA operations.

International Business Times UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Cartel crackdown or conflict creation? Trump’s Venezuela strategy raises questions

Scholars warn U.S. military actions in Venezuela may stretch the bounds of international law

The Independent UK

White House Taunts Venezuela's Maduro As Military Pressure Intensifies: 'FAFO'

The White House taunted the Venezuelan regime on Friday, posting on social media a clip in which President Donald Trump acknowledged that Caracas offered preferential access to natural resources in exchange for defusing tensions

Latin Times

U.S. Special Forces Have Been Operating in Venezuela 'For Some Time', Former FBI Official Says

A former FBI agent has claimed that U.S. special forces have been operating covertly in Venezuela "for some time"

Latin Times

Venezuelan Minister Threatens GOP Rep. Over Pressure From Trump Admin: 'This Is a Dumb One'

Top Venezuelan official Diosdado Cabello made a threat to Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez as tensions between their countries continue to escalate

Latin Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

U.S. Ambassador To The UN Claims Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela Is 'Consistent With The Law Of Armed Conflict'

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz claimed on Friday that the Trump administration's pressure campaign against Venezuela in the Caribbean is "consistent with the law of armed conflict and Article 51 of the UN Charter."

Latin Times

Venezuela's Maduro Claims Trump Has Already Ordered The CIA To 'Attack'

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro claimed that Donald Trump has already ordered the CIA to "attack" the South American country as pressure ramps up to oust him from power

Latin Times

Top Venezuelan Official Rejects Report Claiming Regime Offered Ousting Maduro To Trump Admin: 'Psychological Warfare'

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez rejected a report claiming that she and her brother, another top official, twice offered the Trump administration ousting Nicolas Maduro and undergoing a transition

Latin Times

Venezuela Deploys Troops, Reports Of New US Boat Strike

Venezuela deployed thousands of troops near the Colombian border on Thursday in response to the US military buildup in the Caribbean, where US media reported a new strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat.

International Business Times

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

The Independent UK

Elite Helicopter Unit Involved In Mission To Kill Bin Laden Reportedly Conducts Flights Less Than 100 Miles From Venezuela

A Special Operations aviation unit has flown less than a 100 miles from Venezuela during the past days as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on the country's regime, according to a new report

Latin Times

The Guardian view on the US and Venezuela: Trump’s ‘war on drugs’ ramps up military threats to Maduro

Editorial: Hawks want regime change. Democrats and others are right to warn against illegal and unauthorised use of force

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn

A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule

Latin Times

Venezuelan Navy Training Exercise Backfires After Ship Partially Sinks Amid U.S. Deployment Tensions

Unofficial reports collected by Infobae suggest the ship ran aground during a coastal maneuver, causing flooding in the forward section and loss of buoyancy

Latin Times

Maduro Regime Claims Opposition Leader Machado Offered Venezuela's Gas in Exchange for Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, claimed that opposition leader and newly minted Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado got the award through political deals and promises to foreign interests.

Latin Times

Venezuela's Maduro Approved Two Offers To U.S. To Leave Power And Make a Way For a Transition: Report

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro approved two different offers made to the U.S. through Qatar to leave power and make way for a transition, according to a new report

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Latin Times

Venezuelan Regime Officials Offered Trump Admin To Oust Maduro But Remain In Power: Report

Top officials from Venezuela's regime offered the Trump administration to oust Maduro but remain in power as a "more acceptable" alternative, according to a new report.

Reason

We're Not Talking About It

Plus: Law and order in Philly, SCOTUS audience, Ackman drops some dough, and more...

The Guardian - UK

The Diplomat season three review – Keri Russell’s nail-biting political thriller is a ludicrous treat

Suspend your disbelief and, wow, this high-stakes drama is good. The performances are excellent, the action is tense and the script is highly erudite

Euronews

Trump says US conducting CIA covert operations inside Venezuela

The Trump administration “is looking at land” as it considers further strikes in the region but declined to say whether the CIA has the authority to take action against President Nicolás Maduro.

The Guardian - US

Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela as Maduro decries the move as ‘coups d’etat’

Move marks escalation in Maduro pressure campaign as president says US mulling strikes on Venezuelan territory

International Business Times

Trump Indicates Approval Of CIA Action Against Venezuela

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.

Axios

Trump confirms approval of CIA covert actions in Venezuela

The move comes after growing tension with authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.

1 … 26 27 28 29

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Trump Administration

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.