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Marco Rubio Tasked With Leading Pressure Campaign Against Maduro: Report

President Donald Trump has tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to play a leading role in the campaign pressure that ultimately seeks to remove Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from power, according to a new report

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

Republican Rep. Makes New Threat To Venezuela's Maduro: 'Can Only Negotiate Not To Have His Plane Downed When Escaping'

Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart again slammed Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, now saying that he "can only negotiate not to have his plane downed when escaping"

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

Colombia's Petro Slams Venezuelan Nobel Prize Winner Machado: 'A Despicable Person Is One Who Invites Others to Invade Their Own Country'

Petro's comments follow earlier criticism of Machado's Nobel Peace Prize in which he questioned why she had sought international backing from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

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A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Maduro Orders Creation of Surveillance App for Venezuelans: 'Everything They See, Everything They Hear'

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the immediate creation of a new surveillance tool within VenApp, a government platform first launched in 2022, calling on citizens to report "everything they see, everything they hear" at all hours of the day.

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

Trump Admin Still Favors Covert Ops to Oust Maduro, Report Claims: 'If We Wanted to Kill Him With a Missile, We Could Have Done It by Now'

Recent U.S. operations in the Caribbean, part of what officials describe as an anti-narcotics campaign, have increasingly merged with a broader strategy aimed at toppling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

Trump is threatening Venezuela. But his own country looks a lot like it

The US president’s efforts to consolidate power are strikingly similar to historical authoritarian moves in Caracas

The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2025

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Maduro Declares Colombia and Venezuela 'Siamese Twins' As Trump Escalates Pressure on Both Nations

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said the country and Colombia are "one country" as the United States escalates pressure on both countries with military operations in the Caribbean

International Business Times · Oct 21, 2025

Nicolas Maduro Says Venezuela And Colombia Are 'One Country' As U.S. Escalates Pressure On Both Nations

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said the country and Colombia are "one country" as the United States escalates pressure on both countries with military operations in the Caribbean

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

Marco Rubio Reportedly Warned Mexican Foreign Minister That Military Campaign Against Venezuela Is Set To Escalate

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned his Mexican counterpart that the military pressure campaign against Venezuela is set to escalate further, according to a recent report

Latin Times · Oct 21, 2025

Trump's Venezuela operation expands in the dark

32 people have been killed. We don't know who they are.

Axios · Oct 21, 2025

Migrants Brace For Hostile Climate After Chile's Election

After a 15-day overland journey during which she feared a heart attack from the high altitude, Venezuelan hairdresser Giovaneska Escobar finally reached Chile, the country where she hoped to rebuild her life with her two young children.

International Business Times · Oct 21, 2025

Does Argentina's Bailout Prove Libertarians Wrong?

Plus: the “No Kings” protests, Trump pays troop salaries during government shutdown, and the continued bombing of drug boats in Venezuela

Reason · Oct 21, 2025

Rand Paul Again Slams Trump Over Military Pressure On Venezuela: 'Regime Change Isn't Always What You Expect'

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again slammed President Donald Trump over the administration's military pressure campaign on Venezuela, which, according to different reports, ultimately seek to oust the Caracas regime

Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

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Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

Jesús Montero, Ex-Yankees and Mariners Slugger, Dies in Venezuela at 35

Venezuelan former Major League Baseball player Jesús Montero, once a top prospect for the New York Yankees and later a designated hitter with the Seattle Mariners, has died at the age of 35 following complications from a motorcycle accident in his home country.

Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

Venezuela Uses Ghost Tankers to Evade U.S. Sanctions and Send Oil to Cuba - REPORT

While the U.S. is blowing up small vessels in the Caribbean, accusing Venezuela of using them to send drugs to the U.S., a new report affirms that the government of Nicolás Maduro is using a clandestine network of oil tankers to bypass U.S. sanctions and maintain crude shipments to Cuba.

Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

Brazilian President Lula Warns Against U.S. 'Intervention' In Venezuela: 'They Can Cause More Damage Than They Seek To Prevent'

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned against a "foreign intervention" in Latin America, a veiled reference to ramped up pressure by the Trump administration on Venezuela, claiming that his government "prioritizes" keeping the region as a "zone of peace."

Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

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.

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Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

Venezuelan Defense Minister Warns Citizens To 'Prepare For The Worst' As Trump Admin Ramps Up Pressure

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said citizens should "prepare for the worst" as the Trump administration ramps up pressure against the regime, seeking the ouster of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro

Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

Maduro Is Unlikely To Be Toppled By His Own Military Despite U.S. Pressure, Report Claims

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro is highly unlikely to be toppled by his own military despite increased pressure from the Trump administration, according to a new report

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2025

Gunboat diplomacy: How classic naval coercion has evolved into hybrid warfare on the water

Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to Venezuela. Earlier in the year, a U.S. Navy destroyer bobbed along waters close to Iran for similar reasons. And in the Taiwan Straits and Pacific, China…

International Business Times · Oct 19, 2025

Beleaguered Venezuela Celebrates Double Canonization

Church bells rang out and fireworks burst in the sky Sunday as Venezuela -- mired in crisis -- welcomed the canonization of two of its people as saints.

Latin Times · Oct 19, 2025

Venezuelan Regime Leaders Are Sleeping In a Different Place Every Night Due To Pressure From Trump Admin: Report

Leaders of the Venezuelan regime are reportedly concerned about their personal safety as a result of the Trump administration's pressure campaign.

International Business Times · Oct 19, 2025

Nuns, Ex-Satanic Priest Among Seven New Saints Created By Pope Leo

Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan "doctor of the poor".

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2025

Pope Leo makes beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ Venezuela’s first saint

José Gregorio Hernández is revered by millions for his dedication to impoverished communities

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