Venezuela's military recognizes VP as acting leader after Maduro's capture
Delcy Rodriguez, who is next in the presidential line of succession, served as Nicolas Maduro's vice president since 2018.
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Delcy Rodriguez, who is next in the presidential line of succession, served as Nicolas Maduro's vice president since 2018.
Minnesota leaders are sounding off following President Trump's announcement Saturday that the United States will temporarily "run" Venezuela after launching airstrikes on the country and capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
The U.S. is holding Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a federal prison in New York City. The two first landed in New York at Stewart International Airport late Saturday afternoon. Minnesota's Amy Klobuchar is among the democratic senators saying President Trump lied to Congress, promising he was not planning regime change in Venezuela.
Some Venezuelans who found refuge in Minnesota during the Maduro regime tell WCCO they are thrilled to see him gone. But with dozens taking to the streets of Minneapolis to protest, there are mixed emotions. One man who was forced to move back to Venezuela tells our Conor Wight he's uncertain about what comes next.
Reactions from U.S. lawmakers poured in after the Trump administration announced strikes on Venezuela and the capture of the country's president.
An indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking was unsealed Saturday.
President Trump is revealing new information about the military operation to strike Venezuela and capture the country's leader, Nicolás Maduro.
President Trump said the U.S. would "run the country" of Venezuela until "a safe, proper and judicious transition," following the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro.
A federal judge gave the Trump administration two weeks to submit a plan to either return a group of men previously held at a notorious Salvadoran prison to the U.S., or give them a hearing to contest allegations of gang membership.
If caught and seized, it would be the third Venezuelan tanker taken by the U.S. this month.
The Trump administration is advancing one fight and pushing back against another.
President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
President Trump said the U.S. has seized an oil tanker, which Attorney General Pam Bondi said has been "used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran."
Tensions are ratcheting up again in the Caribbean after the U.S. seized a sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker.
"We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now."
Trump administration officials are stepping up the diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine as the U.S. continues its military build-up in the Caribbean and faces scrutiny for strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats.
Lawmakers from both parties are asking Congress to review the Trump administration's military strikes on boats suspected of transporting drugs.
As the U.S. looks to wind down the Russia-Ukraine war, it's also ratcheting up the pressure on Venezuela.
President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are at an all-time high over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in her country.
Maduro was indicted in Manhattan federal court in 2020, during the first Trump presidency on federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine.
The State Department said that it does not have an operating embassy or consulate in Venezuela and warned of "severe risks" there.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had suspended flights on March 8, after the U.S. Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil.
