All news on the topic: Caracas

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Venezuela faces growing backlash as earthquake response fuels anger against Delcy Rodríguez
Venezuela’s revolutionary socialist government has withstood uprisings, international isolation and the removal of its leader Nicolás Maduro by US forces.
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Venezuela’s earthquake response led by officials under Western sanctions as death toll tops 1,500
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez laid out her disaster response plan flanked by an inner circle of powerful officials blacklisted by the United States and Canada for corruption and trafficking.
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Two 11-year-old boys rescued alive from Venezuela earthquake rubble as death toll tops 1,450
Two 11-year-old boys are among at least 33 people pulled from earthquake debris in Venezuela.
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Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 1,430 as race to find survivors enters critical phase
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed to 1,430 as rescuers battle against time to find survivors before the critical 72-hour window closes.
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UK rescue volunteers stranded in Madrid as they race to reach earthquake-hit Venezuela
A specialist team of crisis-volunteers from the UK hoping to join the rescue efforts in Venezuela have been stuck in Madrid for over 24 hours.
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Baby born in the shadow of destruction after deadly Venezuela earthquakes
A woman gave birth under the rubble, in the dark, following the catastrophic earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday.
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Mother dies shielding one-year-old daughter as deadly Venezuela earthquakes devastate families
The body of brave mum Andrea Bello was discovered protecting her one-year-old daughter after the earthquakes broke out in Venezuela.
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UK sends rescue teams to Venezuela after devastating earthquakes kill more than 900
A British search and rescue team has been deployed to Venezuela, where the death toll from Wednesday’s back-to-back earthquakes has reached almost 1,000.
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Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 589 as nearly 50,000 remain missing
Widespread rescue missions for survivors have continued after devastating earthquakes rocked Venezuela.
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Double earthquake in Venezuela kills 235 and injures 4,300 as devastation spreads
Two massive earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on Wednesday, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 235 people.
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Up to 100,000 feared dead as massive earthquakes flatten parts of Venezuela
It is feared that tens of thousands of people are dead after two massive earthquakes struck Venezuela, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude.
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How Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro became Iran’s main global ally and a safe haven for Hezbollah
The combined 26 years of rule by Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez turned Venezuela into the Islamic Republic of Iran’s main ally outside the Middle East.
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“Good evening, Happy New Year”: detained Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro appears in first footage from a New York jail after US military operation
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who was reportedly detained by US military forces during an operation in Caracas, has been transferred to a detention facility in Brooklyn, New York.
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Trump claims Maduro ‘captured’ as US vows to run Venezuela until power transition
Donald Trump has posted a picture of Venezuelan President Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima, asserting that the US will govern the country until a proper transition can occur.
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Donald Trump claims US airstrikes hit Caracas and that Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out
Donald Trump has claimed President Maduro and his wife have been ’captured’ by the US and ’flown out’ of Venezuela following a series of airstrikes on the capital Caracas.
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US troops seize Venezuela-linked oil tanker carrying sanctioned Iranian crude in dramatic helicopter raid
U.S. troops captured an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, significantly intensifying tensions between the Trump administration and Caracas.
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Maduro’s regime accused of “sportswashing” as Venezuela’s new basketball league plays above notorious torture prison El Helicoide
In Venezuela, a new basketball league is holding games in a stadium located directly above a notorious political prison — a stark contrast that critics claim represents a broader attempt to "sportswash" the government’s alarming human rights record.
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Venezuela warns the US of possible “false flag” operation near its embassy in Caracas
Venezuela’s National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez stated on Sunday that Washington had been cautioned about a "false flag operation" by "extremist sectors of the local Venezuelan right" intended to plant explosives at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas.
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Caracas accuses Washington of threatening security after fighter jets spotted offshore
Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast.
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The hacking from North Macedonia was aimed at PDVSA and not at the elections
The Caracas regime tried to establish a version according to which the delay in announcing the results of the June 28 elections, and their subsequent announcement without public minutes...
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The quartet of judicial terror
From their anti-terrorism courts in Caracas, four improvised judges have dedicated themselves to, precisely, spreading terror.
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Opponents of Maduro in Venezuela find their houses marked with an X
Residents of a Caracas neighbourhood who found their homes marked with a black "X" last week believe that regime loyalists are behind the overnight operation intended to indicate where opposition supporters live.