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How US intervention in Venezuela mirrors its actions in Panama in 1989

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.

The Conversation

Russia Slams Trump, Vows to 'Defend' Venezuela as World War III Fears Erupt

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

International Business Times UK

Maduro Arrest: Trump Says US Can 'Do it Again' in Other Countries, Claiming 'Nobody Can Stop Us'

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.

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‘It’s an opportunity’: joy and wariness among US Venezuelans after Maduro toppled

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

The Guardian - US

After Trump’s illegal Venezuela coup, there are two dangers: he is emboldened, but has no clue what comes next

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

The Guardian - UK

Trump Officials Reportedly Decided To Support Maduro's Capture Over Public Defiance And Public Dancing

Some Trump officials decided to support the operation to capture Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro after seeing public displays of defiance, which included dancing to a remix of him calling for no wars.

Latin Times

Maduro Reportedly Rejected Going Into Exile In Turkey Before Being Captured

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro rejected a U.S. offer to go into exile in Turkey before he was captured and taken to New York on Saturday.

Latin Times

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UK ‘not entirely clear’ what it means for US to ‘run’ Venezuela

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

The Guardian - UK

Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 say their struggles linger, 5 years after the riot

Five years after the Capitol riot, some of the police officers who fought off the rioters that day say they're still struggling with what happened

The Independent UK

Trump Admin Taunts Maduro With Video Arriving In DEA Office: 'Perp Walked'

One of the Trump administration's social media accounts taunted Nicolas Maduro after his capture in Venezuela, posting a picture of him arriving in a DEA office in New York.

Latin Times

How has France reacted to the toppling of Venezuela's Maduro by the US?

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".

Radio France Internationale

Holidaymakers stranded as three Caribbean-bound planes turned around mid-flight after Venezuela strikes

Planes from Birmingham, Gatwick and Manchester airports were expected to pick up passengers from the Caribbean

The Independent UK

NYT, WaPo Reportedly Learned About Imminent U.S. Raid To Capture Maduro But Held Off Publishing To Not Endanger Troops

The New York Times and The Washington Post learned that the U.S. was set to conduct a raid to capture Maduro hours before it was set to take place but held off publishing to not endanger troops, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Venezuela transition should be reached ‘quickly’, UK minister says

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones declined to say whether he thought the US strikes on Caracas had been legal.

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The Guardian - US

Maduro indictment attempts to link Venezuelan leader to Tren de Aragua

Co-defendants include alleged gang founder Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, indicted two weeks ago

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

US ‘has no right’ to take over Greenland, Danish PM says after renewed Trump threats

Mette Frederiksen responds to president amid febrile atmosphere after US actions in Venezuela

The Independent UK

Trump's plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela's oil industry faces major hurdles

President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices

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The Guardian - US

Trump’s attack on Venezuela without alerting Congress tests limits of executive power

Trump’s audacious arrest of Maduro marks a conspicuous break with convention, even as previously observed by the president himself

International Business Times UK

Look: White House Social Media Mocks Venezuela President Maduro by Making Memes of His Capture

The White House social media made memes to brag about the US military's capture of Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro.

The Independent UK

The Venezuelans are very clear about who their president is – and it’s not Trump

ANALYSIS : As Venezuelans come to terms with a seismic 24 hours, they tell Chief International Correspondent Bel Trew they fear this is just a shift from an internally imposed authoritarian system to an externally managed one

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

Evening Standard

Revealed: How US commandos stormed Maduro's fortress in daring midnight raid that toppled Venezuelan dictator

Operation Absolute Resolve saw 150 warplanes pummel defences before Delta Force and FBI agents seized president from his safe house in under three hours

International Business Times UK

'Venezuelans in US Fled Dictatorship and Need Protection,' Caucus Director Warns Trump

Adelys Ferro urges Trump to protect Venezuelans in the US who fled Maduro's regime, warning 'they're not Tren de Aragua' gang members.

The Independent UK

Trump says US will run Venezuela until peaceful transition and details capture of Maduro

President Donald Trump said the United States will “run” Venezuela until a peaceful transition can take place after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise military operation.

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