On being asked if the US running Venezuela means US troops will be on the ground, President Donald Trump said his administration is not afraid of having its boots on the ground and the US military had its boots on the ground on Saturday.

‘We will run Venezuela till safe, proper transition; US firms will invest, make money for it’: Trump

Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado called for Edmundo González Urrutia, the opposition leader who lost the 2024 presidential election, which many countries accused Maduro of rigging, to “assume his constitutional mandate.”

‘US fulfilled its promise,’ says exiled oppn leader Maria Corina Machado on Maduro’s capture

The preparation for this raid was unprecedented in its scale. Trump disclosed that US forces did not just study the target; they physically cloned it.

'Had a call with him': Here's what Trump asked Venezuela's President a week before his capture

At approximately 9:00 AM ET, the President personally broke the news to the world via his own platform, bypassing traditional media channels.

'Watched in real time': Trump reveals he supervised Maduro’s capture live from Mar-a-Lago

Flores is the direct link between the Presidential Palace and the drug trade. In 2015, her two nephews (Efrain Campo and Franqui Flores), whom she raised, were arrested by the DEA in Haiti. 

Who is Cilia Flores? Wife of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro captured in US special strike

By taking out the communication hubs in Caracas, Miranda, and La Guaira, the US severed the head of the snake (Maduro) from the body (the military), leaving the army confused and leaderless in the dark.

'President CAPTURED': Trump starts and ends Venezuela war in 30 mins as he confirms capture of Nicolás Maduro

Trump tells NBC News that Maduro 'knows exactly what I want' as tensions rise. The US refuses to rule out war while enforcing a massive naval blockade on Venezuelan oil.

‘He knows what I want’: Trump sends mystery message to Maduro

The US govt has reportedly asked its oil firms if they’d return to Venezuela after Maduro. The US is blocking sanctioned tankers, and Maduro has deployed Navy to escort oil shipments. So it's increasingly about oil. But what happened the last time the American oil firms were in Venezuela?


Trump administration reportedly wants US oil firms to re-enter Venezuela. But what happened the last time they were there?

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‘We will run Venezuela till safe, proper transition; US firms will invest, make money for it’: Trump

‘US fulfilled its promise,’ says oppn leader Maria Machado on Maduro’s capture

Here's what Trump asked Venezuela's President a week before his capture

Trump reveals he supervised Maduro’s capture live from Mar-a-Lago

Who is Cilia Flores? Wife of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro

Trump starts and ends Venezuela war in 30 mins as he confirms capture of Maduro

‘He knows what I want’: Trump sends mystery message to Maduro

Trump wants US oil firms to re-enter Venezuela. What happened last time?