Venezuela's military on Sunday recognised Delcy Rodriguez, deputy to ousted president Nicolas Maduro, as the country's acting leader. 

Venezuela election talk ‘premature’: Rubio says US ready to work with current leaders if they make ‘right decision’

From the coast, the route transforms from an air bridge into a desert caravan known as the "Sahel Express." The cocaine is broken down into smaller loads and packed into convoys of Toyota Hilux trucks that race across the lawless expanses of Mali and Niger. 

'Cocaine Superhighway': Check out the map of Nicholas Maduro's Highway 10, that moved drugs from Venezuela to Europe

The ultimate tragedy of the "Narco-Socialist" model is the economic wasteland it leaves behind. When a state relies on drug money to balance its budget (as Venezuela did), it ceases to care about legitimate industries like agriculture, manufacturing, or tourism. 

'Cocaine is culture': How communism & socialism turned Latin America into narco states

Few people realise that the Castro regime didn't just use Venezuelan oil to keep the lights on, they used it as a major source of income by selling the surplus. 

'Got free oil from Venezuela': Why Cuba's collapse looks inevitable after capture of Nicholas Maduro

India’s ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) holds a 40 per cent stake in the San Cristobal onshore oilfield in eastern Venezuela. The field is still commercially viable, but production stopped once sanctions blocked access to rigs, equipment, and services needed to sustain output.

US control of Venezuelan oil could unblock India’s $1 billion dues

Based on US Federal case law and the specific legal strategy emerging from the January 4, 2026 events, here is the factually correct breakdown of the “Toscanino Rule”, the single most dangerous legal weapon in Maduro’s defence arsenal.



'Dictator's lifeline': What is Toscanino Rule and how it can protect Nicholas Maduro from US jail

Since WWII, the US has adopted regime change policies via covert methods like protests and overt military interventions to advance its economic and political goals. Scholar Jeffrey Sachs notes over 100 such operations since 1947. Here are some major 21st-century examples.

From Saddam Hussein to Nicolás Maduro: US regime-change operations in the 21st century

US elite forces captured Nicolas Maduro after months of secret rehearsals. The audacious raid in Caracas ended with Maduro facing federal charges in New York.

Venezuela President captured: How months of planning and rehearsals by US forces led to the capture

Hours before the US strikes on Venezuela, China's Special Representative on Latin American Affairs, Qiu Xiaoqi, held a meeting with President Maduro.

China’s $100 billion in loans at stake in Venezuela after US captures Maduro

Venezuela’s 303 billion barrels of oil, about 17% of global reserves, make it strategically vital for Donald Trump. The US needs heavy crude for its refineries, wants to curb China’s influence.

Understanding the key factors that make Donald Trump interested in Venezuela’s oil