The Latest Breaking News from Nicolás Maduro

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.

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him…

The legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand — was not immediately clear.

Republican Senator Mike Lee said he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and he anticipated no further actions in Venezuela following the operation that led to the capture of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Trump says US forces captured and removed Venezuela's Maduro in a dramatic strike, reviving fears of US intervention across Latin America.

What comes next is likely years of court battles over how Maduro is charged, how he's treated and where he's held.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife will face criminal charges in the United States after a military raid to secure his arrest.

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

Donald Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro and wife Cilia Flores are flown to New York