The Latest Breaking News from Cilia Flores

Washington keeping 15,000-strong military presence in Caribbean in case interim president hinders US objectives

When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following follow a path taken Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces

The operation to capture the Venezuelan president and his wife involved at least 150 aircraft, months of surveillance – and reportedly a spy in the government

Delcy Rodriguez denounced US actions on state TV, claiming Washington seeks Venezuela's oil and natural resources through regime change.

Delcy Rodriguez is the daughter of a revolutionary leader poised to take control of Venezuela after years spent climbing the ranks under Nicolas Maduro

UN Security Council meets Monday after US captured Venezuelan President Maduro, with UN chief warning of 'dangerous precedent'.

Two earlier attempts were hampered due to the weather, according to a report

Breaking military intervention in Venezuela leads to capture of President Nicolás Maduro and unprecedented US control claims; Trump ally's 'Greenland soon' post triggers diplomatic rebuke from Denmark amidst international legal concerns.

The US dramatically escalated its confrontation with Venezuela on January 3, moving from sanctions and targeted strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels to direct military action. In a pre-dawn operation, US forces captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and removed them from the country.

Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.

Toppled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro says he is a 'decent man' while pleading not guilty to narco charges