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Protests, confusion and anxiety: Venezuela a month after Trump seized Maduro

IN FOCUS: Rachael Pells speaks to people in Venezuela and expatriates fearing for their families in a country where millions still need humanitarian aid. They paint conflicting images – but one thing is sure, uncertainty reigns

The Independent UK

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.

Texas Observer

Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington

US President Donald Trump has insisted the United States will now be “running” Venezuela after US forces bombed the capital on January 3 and whisked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of the country to face federal charges in New York.

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'What we call corruption': Harvard economist and former Venezuelan minister says Trump’s oil profit motives have no place in Venezuela's future

Ricardo Hausmann argued stable, democratic leadership in Venezuela can lead it back to economic prosperity.

Fortune

Paul Singer’s Elliott positioned to win Venezuela’s forced sale of Citgo Petroleum that’s proceeding amid Maduro removal and arrest

Elliott's Amber Energy is poised to close the sale of Citgo and receive more Venezuelan crude barrels.

Fortune

Why the US has designs on Venezuela's oil

Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump captured the country’s President Nicolas Maduro

The Independent UK

How an information vacuum about Maduro's capture was filled with deepfakes and AI

A real-time flood of AI-generated images and videos of Maduro's capture by US forces on Saturday were re-shared by public figures and garnered millions of views across Europe.

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Trump's Venezuela oil strategy comes into focus

Such a raw exercise of U.S. imperial force hasn't been seen in modern times.

Axios

Revealed: How overthrown Venezuelan president Maduro helped strike deal that gave Londoners cheap bus fares

20 years on, Ken Livingstone’s cheap oil deal with Venezuela remains one of the most extraordinary - and controversial - initiatives by a London mayor

Evening Standard

'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.

International Business Times UK

Analysis: What does the fall of Venezuela's Maduro mean for Tehran?

Trump's explicit messages against Tehran coincide with the fall of Maduro in Venezuela and military operations in Nigeria, raising questions about US military resurgence and influence in the global world order.

Euronews

Who is Nicolás Maduro? The Venezuelan leader 'captured' by US forces after Trump airstrikes

Maduro has been president of Venezuela since 2013, and previously served as vice-president under Hugo Chavez

Evening Standard

Eighty-two not out: Michael Palin says he won’t stop exploring any time soon

The Man Who Pays His Way: ‘I will keep doing this as long as people want me to do it,’ says Palin

The Independent UK

$10 billion Citgo auction could finally end twisting saga of Venezeulan expropriation, imprisoned execs, and a long-shot NYC mayoral candidate

At stake is Citgo’s 800,000-barrel-a-day refining network, a series of pipelines and terminals, and marketing deals with 4,000 independently owned retail outlets.

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The Conversation

US strikes on Venezuelan ‘drug boats’ have killed 14 people. What is Trump trying to do?

In the past few weeks, the United States military has been involved in multiple fatal strikes on boats in international waters off the coast of Venezuela.

International Business Times

In Face Of US 'Threat,' How Does Venezuela's Military Stack Up?

With an ill-disciplined military and an outdated arsenal, Venezuela would be at a serious disadvantage in the event of an American invasion, experts say.

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Sir Michael Palin detained by armed militia in Venezuela

Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin and his film crew were detained by armed militia in Venezuela after attempting to film a statue of former leader Hugo Chavez.

International Business Times

Venezuela Rallies Militia Volunteers In Response To US 'Threat'

Civil servants, housewives and retirees alike lined up in Venezuela's capital Caracas on Saturday as thousands volunteered to join the country's militia in case there is a US invasion.

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Latin Times

Venezuelan Spy Chief Under Hugo Chavez Pleads Guilty Narco Terrorism Charges In Manhattan

Hugo Carvajal, a former top official in Venezuela's authoritarian government, pleaded guilty to narco terrorism, the Department of Justice announced

The Independent UK

Bill Maher roasts Sean Penn for meeting Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro but not Trump

Chat show host on the defensive after Oscar-winning actor says he could have done more ‘editing’ in his response to dining with the president at the White House earlier this year

The Conversation

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe

With the recent confirmations of Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – two of the most controversial of President Donald Trump’s high-level administration nominees – the president’s attempt to remake government as a home for political loyalists continues.

The Conversation

Trump and Maduro refresh a complex relationship governed by self-interest and tainted by Venezuela election fraud

In 2019, President Donald Trump recognized then-Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s interim leader over Nicolás Maduro, who has ruled the country since 2013.

International Business Times

Nicolas Maduro: Venezuela's Iron-fisted 'Worker President'

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, due to be sworn in Friday for a third six-year term after elections he is widely accused of stealing, has been written off many times during a turbulent decade in power.

International Business Times

'Venezuela Will Be Free': Anti-Maduro Protests Roil Caracas

Opponents of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro took to the streets Thursday in a last-ditch protest against his swearing-in for a third six-year term as president.

The Conversation

Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer

Cuba’s communist leaders are in the midst of crisis – and not for the first time.

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