The Latest Breaking News from Nicolás Maduro

An image circulating online shows Maduro smiling and holding his thumbs up while shackled and surrounded by a throng of federal agents

"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.

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.

Russia vows to defend Venezuela as Trump escalates tensions, sparking fears of direct superpower conflict and raising the spectre of global instability.

Donald Trump defended a US military assault that captured Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro and warned the US could repeat similar operations in other nations.

Hundreds of people danced, sang and waved the flag of Venezuela in the suburban Miami city of Doral on Saturday

He used largely fictitious charges to seize control, but can’t know how Venezuelans will react. He may also overstep now as regards Iran, warns Rajan Menon, a professor emeritus of international relations

UK waiting to determine if US breached international law by capturing Nicolás Maduro, PM’s chief secretary says

France’s political class has largely condemned the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ​by US armed forces, but President Emmanuel Macron has denounced neither the method nor the intervention itself, saying the Venezuelan people should "rejoice". France's leftwing parties have slammed his comments as a "disgrace".