Nicolas Maduro

Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez delivers her first annual address to the nation at the National Assembly on 15 January 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela, following US strike in Caracas that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Photo: Reuters

Venezuela's new leader signals oil sector reforms, warmer US ties

For the first time, Delcy Rodríguez laid out a vision for Venezuela’s new political reality.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Venezuela's Machado says has not spoken to Trump since Oct, plans to return home 'as soon as possible'

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on 4 January 2026 holds a painting of him and late President Hugo Chavez, during a march calling for the release of Maduro, after he and his wife Cilia Flores were captured following US strikes on Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: Reuters

Maduro's son calls on deposed leader's supporters to stage protests

Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro is led in custody from a US federal airplane, at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, US, on 3 January 2026 in a still image from video. Photo: Social media/Reuters

Venezuela's Maduro to appear in US court, Trump says further strikes possible

US President Donald Trump speaks at Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US, December 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak

Second Venezuela strike possible if government does not cooperate: Trump

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a news conference following his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens, Greece, on 27 October 2021. File Photo: Reuters

China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro

File photo of US President Donald Trump pointing on 15 June 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Trump threatens military operation against Colombia, after Venezuela raid

File photo of Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani. Photo: Collected

Mamdani says opposed US strikes on Venezuela, Maduro's capture on call with Trump

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is pictured with US DEA official. Photo: Collected

China calls on US to immediately release Venezuela's Maduro

An oilfield worker walks next to drilling rigs at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal at the state of Monagas on 16 April 2015. File Photo: Reuters

No quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves

A photograph which US President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account shows what he describes as Venezuelan President "Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima" amphibious assault ship, currently in the Caribbean Sea January 3, 2026. The image appears to be taken from a printed photograph, as white edging can be seen around the image. What appears to be the letters DEA can be seen on a black uniformed person next to Venezuelan president Maduro. US president Trump said DEA officials were involved in the operation. Verifying the location was not immediately possible as the photograph is tightly cropped. But the patterning of grey hairs within Maduro's mustache matched recent imagery of him. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS

Maduro, wife being taken to New York: Trump

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a press conference, days after he said Venezuela would deploy military, police and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across the country, amid heightened tensions with the U.S., in Caracas, Venezuela, September 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

How Nicolás Maduro has maintained power in Venezuela

In a video posted by the US military, a small boat moving across the water is struck by a large explosion. The camera then zooms out to show the vessel engulfed in flames and smoke. Photo: Collected/DW

US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four