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A running list of US interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean after World War II
in depth Nicolás Maduro isn’t the first regional leader to be toppled directly or indirectly by the US
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Venezuela ‘turning over’ oil to US, Trump says
Speed Read This comes less than a week after Trump captured the country’s president
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Nicolás Maduro: from bus driver to Venezuela’s president
In the Spotlight Shock capture by US special forces comes after Maduro’s 12-year rule proved that ‘underestimating him was a mistake’
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Delcy Rodríguez: Maduro’s second in command now running Venezuela
In the Spotlight Rodríguez has held positions of power throughout the country
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Maduro pleads not guilty in first US court hearing
Speed Read Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to cocaine trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy
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Venezuela’s Trump-shaped power vacuum
IN THE SPOTLIGHT The American abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has thrust South America’s biggest oil-producing state into uncharted geopolitical waters
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Trump says US ‘in charge’ of Venezuela after Maduro grab
Speed Read The American president claims the US will ‘run’ Venezuela for an unspecified amount of time, contradicting a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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Donald Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela
In Depth The US president is relying on a ‘drip-drip pressure campaign’ to oust Maduro, tightening measures on oil, drugs and migration
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Why, really, is Trump going after Venezuela?
Talking Points It might be oil, rare minerals or Putin
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Trump vows naval blockade of most Venezuelan oil
Speed Read The announcement further escalates pressure on President Nicolás Maduro
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US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela
Speed Read The seizure was a significant escalation in the pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
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Venezuela mobilizes as top US warship nears
Speed Read The largest and most advanced US aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has entered the Caribbean and put Venezuela on high alert
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What is Donald Trump planning in Latin America?
Today’s Big Question US ramps up feud with Colombia over drug trade, while deploying military in the Caribbean to attack ships and increase tensions with Venezuela
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Trump says he authorized covert CIA ops in Venezuela
Speed Read He is also considering military strikes inside the country
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