Venezuela, US military and Maduro
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The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels across a two-and-a-half-month period to determine what the military pressure campaign against Venezuela looks like at sea.
The U.S. military has been striking suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, but the cargo is likely cocaine headed to Europe, experts say.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has expressed interest in leaving hiding to collect the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
Venezuela's opposition leader will be considered a "fugitive" if she travels to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize, the nation's attorney general has said.
President Donald Trump signed off on CIA covert operations in Venezuela as the U.S. deploys USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, reports say.
A deal that would sate the Trump administration and leave Mr Maduro in power is difficult to imagine; so is Mr Maduro voluntarily stepping down. Much depends on what Mr Trump thinks is the best way to get a headline-grabbing win: a deal secured through gunboat intimidation, or dramatic but limited strikes to unseat—or even kill—Mr Maduro.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said oil and gasoline prices are "down substantially under President Trump," and could fall further.
President Trump saying he’s not ruling out sending troops into Venezuela appeared at odds with his claim that his administration may be open to talks with Nicolás Maduro.
A look at what happens now that Trump has added Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government to a State Department list of terror networks.