All news on the topic: Nicolas Maduro

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Caracas responds to U.S. with three-day military drills in the Caribbean
Venezuela says it has launched three days of large-scale military exercises in the Caribbean after several U.S. attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats.
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US doubles reward for Maduro’s arrest to $50 million, accusing him of drug trafficking
The US has doubled a reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50m (£37.2m), accusing him of being "one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world".
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Former Venezuelan intelligence chief admits he ran drug cartel with Chávez and Maduro
Hugo Carvajal Barrios, who served as Venezuela’s director of military intelligence, was due to go to trial on June 30.
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Trump invokes 1798 wartime law to fast-track mass deportations
Donald Trump has brought back a wartime law from 1798 to speed up mass deportations.
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Venezuela opposition leader freed; government denies involvement
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday, her Vente Venezuela movement...
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A brand new company handles Iranian cars arriving in Venezuela
The social program of the Bolivarian government that offered “cheap cars for the people” is, in reality, a private business supported by the Venezuelan State...
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Smuggling adapts to the reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border
As darkness falls over Cúcuta, Colombia’s bustling border city, shadows provide cover for criminal networks.
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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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A Venezuelan judge has issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate
A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the highly anticipated July election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won.
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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.
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Venezuela election: US recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo González as winner
US secretary of state Antony Blinken says there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ González beat Nicolás Maduro in last weekend’s presidential election
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Anti-Maduro protests spread as Venezuelan opposition claims he stole the election
Opponents and supporters of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro planned to rally on Tuesday as protests and clashes spread after a weekend election was awarded to the long-ruling socialist despite opposition claims of a landslide victory.
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Venezuela election: Government-controlled authority declares Maduro the winner
Result with 80% of votes is immediately challenged by opposition and several governments
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Venezuelans hope to end their suffering by casting ballots on Sunday
Venezuelans are heading to the polls on Sunday in the most anticipated elections in decades, with many hoping to put an end to the repressive political system established 25 years ago by Hugo Chávez and inherited a decade ago by Nicolás Maduro.
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Dubai is a hiding place for the key man of Espirito Santo bribes in Venezuela
An employee of the centenary Portuguese bank was chosen in 2009 to serve, from the island of Madeira, as a contact with officials of the Chavista regime who agreed to do business with the dying institution - it would collapse in 2014 - but only in exchange for juicy bribes.
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Boris Johnson took private jet to hold mysterious talks with Venezuelan dictator
Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela to hold talks with Nicolas Maduro, who faces international pressure after a crackdown on opponents, and texted David Cameron on the way
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