Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off officers so the armed forces remain loyal.

DONALD Trump’s menacing B-52s flew alongside Marine Corps F-35s in a daring “bomber attack demo” near Venezuela. The revelation comes amid soaring tensions between the US

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

Hezbollah operatives use Venezuelan passports and drug networks to infiltrate the Western Hemisphere, turning the country into terror group's regional headquarters.

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last week, has called for greater US support to stop what she described as a “war” on her country by President Nicolás Maduro.

Nicolas Maduro's time is up but he can still leave power peacefully, Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado told AFP in an interview from hiding on Monday. But "with or without negotiation,

Experts and some lawmakers suspect that Trump's quest targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean is designed to exert pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so he's ousted.

Machado, whom the Nobel Committee commended for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” has praised U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Venezuela’s pro-democracy movement.

Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart again slammed Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, now saying that he "can only negotiate not to have his plane downed when escaping"