1 day ago
US sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro’s 3 nephews as pressure campaign ratchets up
The U.S. imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, among others, on Thursday as President Donald Trump looks to inflict further pressure on the South American nation.
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Nobel laureate Machado plans return to Venezuela, whether or not Maduro is ousted
Opposition leader María Corina Machado plans to return to Venezuela whether or not President Nicolás Maduro is ousted, saying Thursday that his government is at its weakest point because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “decisive” actions.
2 days ago
U.S. forces seize oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Machado soon to arrive in Norway
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that U.S. forces had seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela and added, “other things are happening.”
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Maria Corina Machado to be reunited with family in Oslo before returning to Venezuela, daughter says
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate María Corina Machado was on her way to Oslo when the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee denounced the Nicolás Maduro regime’s crimes against children during a ceremony.
2 days ago
Nobel committee chair describes Maduro regime’s crimes against Venezuelan children
During a speech on Wednesday, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, described the regime of Nicolás Maduro’s crimes against children in Venezuela.
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Machado’s daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader’s absence
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on her mother’s behalf Wednesday, and said in a speech written by Machado that Venezuela shows the world “we must be willing to fight for freedom.”
3 days ago
US military flies 2 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela
The move Tuesday appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country’s airspace since the start of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign in the region.
3 days ago
FBI releases new photo of alleged Canadian drug lord Ryan Wedding, increase reward to $15M
FBI special agents released a new photo of Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who is on the top 10 most-wanted list.
