Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a five-percentage-point lead over far-right opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro six days before the first round of the presidential election, according to a Quaest voting-intention
President Donald Trump has cast doubt on Venezuelan opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado’s ability to lead her country, following a US military operation that captured President Nicolas
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Venezuela is unlikely to see a meaningful increase in crude oil production for years, even if U.S. energy companies invest billions of dollars following President Donald Trump’s pledge after the capture of
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At least one, and possibly two, of the U.S. Air Force’s highly secretive RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drones appear to have taken part in the overnight operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
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There is only one word to describe the US attacks on Venezuela. That word is criminal. It is the only word that describes the act of invading another nation and kidnapping its
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A little after 2am, Venezuela time, on 3 January 2026, in violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, the United States began an attack on several sites in the country,
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Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarek William Saab Halabi, has accused the United States of kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro during recent strikes that, he claims, also killed civilians. Speaking on state television, Saab Halabi
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Just hours before U.S. military strikes hit Venezuelan territory, President Nicolás Maduro met with China’s Special Envoy for Latin American Affairs, Qiu Xiaoqi, in Caracas. The meeting reportedly reaffirmed bilateral partnerships and
More Saturday’s U.S. military strikes on Venezuela have provoked a wave of condemnation and concern from countries across the globe, highlighting the fragile state of international relations. Russia’s Foreign Ministry described the attacks
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What is unfolding in Venezuela may prove to be one of the most consequential demonstrations of American military power in the twenty-first century. If Donald Trump’s claim is true—that Nicolás Maduro and
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Unconfirmed reports of U.S. air strikes triggered chaos in Venezuela’s capital Caracas early on Tuesday, with explosions reported at major military installations and the government declaring a nationwide state of emergency. According
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has struck a conciliatory tone toward U.S. President Donald Trump, proposing serious negotiations on combating drug trafficking and offering U.S. companies broad access to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.
More 2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has said he is open to remaining in power for another 10 years, a statement that has reignited debate over constitutional limits and democratic norms in the
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is acquiring large tracts of farmland in Argentina’s Patagonia region as part of carbon offset initiatives, prompting growing concern among activists and local communities over what
More Venezuela’s current political crisis revolves around allegations of ties between the Maduro government and criminal or terrorist networks, and claims that Nicolás Maduro’s 2024 re-election was fraudulent. According to reporting by El
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