Rubio, Maduro and Venezuela
Digest more
23hon MSN
Before capturing Maduro, Trump admin sought lessons from Iraq war to get Venezuela’s oil flowing
As the Trump administration prepared late last year for the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a handful of officials began studying the US approach to oil resources in Iraq following the 2003 US invasion.
For years, Nicolás Maduro and his movement used song and dance to rally support. Now, millions of Venezuelans are dancing to a different political tune.
LGBTQ Nation on MSN
Nicolás Maduro’s record on LGBTQ+ rights
Nicolás Maduro's record on LGBTQ+ rights is quite poor, and future progress seems unlikely in Venezuela, even though he's out of power.
The audacious US operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro came down to an intense final firefight in which US helicopters were exposed to an extraordinary level of risk as they descended into a heavily fortified military compound in Caracas,
Prosecutors face multiple challenges in proving Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro played a central role in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy that spans some two decades.
High school students are likely to learn about the Inca, Maya and Aztec civilizations as representatives of pre-Columbian Latin America. They read about Spanish conquistadors such as Hernán Cortés, who overthrew the Aztec empire, and Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Incas in the early 1500s.
A senior U.S. official declined to confirm the specific operations in Venezuela, but said a covert team provided real-time support for the military.
The ousting of Venezuela's president raised hopes of change — but the politician now controlling the streets shows how little has really shifted.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, said Cuba would not experience a betrayal similar to the one he claims led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.