Latest Nicolas Maduro News

The Latest: Trump wants to send immigrants who are in the US illegally to Guantanamo Bay

Jan. 29, 2025 18:09 PM EST

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be...

Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Jan. 29, 2025 16:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months. ...

US rejects Venezuelan President Maduro's reelection, but keeps financial lifeline for his government

Jan. 19, 2025 01:03 AM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Things seemed to be looking up for Venezuela in 2022. Following years of authoritarian rule and withering economic sanctions, President Nicolás Maduro had agreed to work toward a democratic presidential election. The White House, in return, granted him a financial...

Italy's government discusses the case of an Italian citizen detained in Venezuela without charges

Jan. 17, 2025 09:14 AM EST

ROME (AP) — The Italian government met on Friday to discuss the case of an Italian national arrested in Venezuela two months ago and held without formal charges, the premier’s office said in a statement. Foreign minister Antonio Tajani and the Italian Embassy in Caracas have been...

Venezuelan opposition leader González lands in Guatemala days after Maduro sworn in for 3rd term

Jan. 15, 2025 00:02 AM EST

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González landed in Guatemala Tuesday, four days after the inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to a third term. Guatemala Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Ramiro Martínez told The Associated Press that...

Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners

Jan. 14, 2025 20:29 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. Senior U.S....

Venezuela accuses opposition of coordinating attacks on diplomatic facilities in 5 countries

Jan. 13, 2025 12:26 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's foreign minister on Monday accused opponents of President Nicolás Maduro as being linked to damages at the country’s diplomatic facilities in five nations. Foreign Minister Yvan Gil in a statement said the vandalism was coordinated by...

Venezuela's opposition supporters grapple with hope and disappointment after Maduro is sworn in

Jan. 11, 2025 00:19 AM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro left his opponents to grapple with with conflicting feelings of hope and disappointment on Saturday, pondering why the self-described socialist leader could not be stopped despite credible evidence that he had lost...

Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in for third term as global backlash and sanctions mount

Jan. 10, 2025 22:39 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term Friday despite international condemnation of his recent reelection as illegitimate, as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on opponents. The country's...

An ex-Green Beret behind a failed Venezuela raid in 2020 lashes out at CIA and FBI

Jan. 10, 2025 21:49 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A former Green Beret accused of plotting an invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try to overthrow Nicolás Maduro lashed out Friday at the CIA and FBI, claiming they sabotaged his efforts to oust the leftist leader. His lawyers asserted that he had the Trump administration’s support...