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The Latest Breaking News from Hugo Chávez

Venezuela’s 20-year downfall featured a weird bromance between Hugo Chávez and Sean Penn, ex-husband of Madonna and ‘One Battle After Another’ actor

Colonel Lockjaw played a very different role when he visited Caracas to see Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the Mexican jungle, to meet El Chapo.

Fortune

What’s in the US criminal indictment against Nicolás Maduro?

US alleges the Venezuelan president has spent past two decades working with international drug trafficking groups

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Venezuela’s new interim president is the daughter of a socialist who was arrested in connection with the 1976 kidnapping of an American businessman

Delcy Rodríguez also developed strong ties with Republicans in the oil industry and on Wall Street who balked at the notion of U.S.-led regime change.

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Oil rallies after Venezuela shock while safe haven assets also rise

Washington’s action in Venezuela jolted markets, with oil showing volatile price movements as investors considered long-term supply consequences. Gold and defence stocks also inched up.

Euronews

Quick Facts On Maduro's Wife Cilia Flores: Age, Net Worth And How She Is Involved In Husband's Case

Quick profile: Cilia Flores, 69, net worth £1.5–3.7m, accused of aiding Maduro's narco-terrorism case after US capture.

International Business Times UK

Monday briefing: Why the US moved to oust Venezuela’s president

In today’s newsletter: Saturday’s capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US was as unexpected as it was swift – but what led Trump to topple the South American regime?

The Guardian - UK

Before toppling Maduro, the US spent decades pressuring Venezuelan leaders over its oil wealth

After US special forces swooped into Caracas to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and topple his government, US President Donald Trump said the United States will now “run” Venezuela, including its abundant oil resources.

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Meet Venezuela’s new leader Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime socialist who turned to market reforms after the economy collapsed

"Rodríguez cannot guarantee the stability required for the business operations Trump emphasized several times during his remarks on the operation."

Fortune

Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

After arriving at a small airport in New York City's northern suburbs, Maduro was flown by helicopter to Manhattan.

Fortune

Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’

US president claims US will take back ‘stolen’ oil, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists

The Guardian - UK

Delcy Rodríguez strikes defiant tone but must walk tightrope as Venezuela’s interim leader

Technocrat must accommodate US demands while shoring up a regime that is hated by many Venezuelans

The Guardian - UK

What role could the US play in Venezuela’s ‘bust’ oil industry?

Experts say lifting production to former levels could take decades and huge investment will be needed

The Guardian - UK

Venezuelan leaders’ fever dream of a US invasion finally becomes reality

Maduro and Chávez used fears of American aggression to tighten their grip on power – but now an even greater fantasist has imposed his will on their country

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela latest: Trump says ‘no way’ to hold quick election as Maduro pleads not guilty in court

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

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The Independent UK

Maduro arrives in US after stunning capture in operation that Trump says will let US 'run' Venezuela

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges

The Independent UK

The rise and fall of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro in photos

Nicolás Maduro rose from a unionized bus driver in Caracas to the presidency of Venezuela, inheriting power after the death of Hugo Chávez and consolidating it over a turbulent decade in office.

Fortune

Maduro’s deputy demands his release after U.S. arrest as Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge

“What is being done to Venezuela is an atrocity that violates international law,” she said. “History and justice will make the extremists who promoted this armed aggression pay.”

Euronews

Trump administration short on details after asserting it will 'run' Venezuela

In an operation that stunned observers around the world, US forces arrested Venezuela’s president and his wife in Caracas and transported them to New York where they will face criminal charges.

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The Guardian - US

Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro captured and taken to New York

Audacious US military operation plucked Venezuelan leader from power and removed him from the country

The Guardian - UK

Nicolás Maduro: from bus driver to Chávez successor to US detainee

As Maduro faces trial in New York on alleged involvement in narco-terrorism, how will Venezuelans judge their president?

Fortune

Nicolas Maduro rose from bus driver to president before presiding over Venezuela’s economic collapse

In 1986, Maduro traveled to Cuba for a year of ideological instruction, his only formal education after high school. He quickly became a union leader.

The Guardian - UK

Why has the US captured Venezuela’s president and what happens next?

Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship

International Business Times UK

10 Photos of Cilia Flores: Quick Facts About The Woman Behind Nicolás Maduro's Power

Cilia Flores, Maduro's wife and Venezuela's hidden power broker, captured by US forces. Lawyer-turned-revolutionary faced narco-trafficking scandal.

Euronews

Explainer: Why Chevron still operates in Venezuela despite US sanctions

Chevron’s continued presence in Venezuela looks like an anomaly amid intensifying US sanctions. In fact, the contradiction is rooted in selective enforcement to maintain leverage over Caracas, as well as decades of oil politics.

Fortune

'They took all of our oil not that long ago. And we want it back': Trump demands Venezuela return seized assets

U.S. oil companies dominated Venezuela's petroleum industry until the the 1970s and then under Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez.

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