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MEXICO CITY | Xinhua |  After the U.S. military raided Venezuela and forcibly captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump declared later in the day that the United States will “run” the South American nation. The U.S. attack on Venezuela and its so-called …

NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will appear before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday at noon local time (5:00 p.m. GMT), The New York Times reported. According to the newspaper, the Venezuelan leader’s wife, Cilia Adela Flores de …

WASHINGTON, United States | Xinhua | The U.S. raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday marks one of the dramatic escalations in U.S. policy toward Latin America in decades. The operation has been framed by Washington as “combating drug trafficking,” but critics argue that its underlying motives …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | The U.S. military strike against Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro, has shocked the international community, triggering a steady stream of condemnation and serious concerns worldwide. On Saturday, the United States, as said by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social, “carried …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  The U.S. military launched a series of attacks against Venezuela early Saturday morning, reportedly capturing President Nicolas Maduro and flying him out of the country. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, speaking on a state-run television station, said the whereabouts of Maduro and his wife are unknown, asking …

Critics have compared the offensive against Venezuela to the Iraq war, citing a familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric and security pretexts, whose fundamental aim is to serve Washington’s oil interests. BEIJING | Xinhua | Since late August, the United States has ramped up military presence in the Caribbean off Venezuela’s …

CARACAS | TASS | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has urged the United States to abandon its policy of interference, change of regimes and state coups in Venezuela and Latin America. “We demand the US government cease its illegal, tough interference [into the domestic affairs] in Venezuela and Latin America, abandon …

MOSCOW | TASS |  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan leadership in the face of external threats and attempts to interfere in the country’s internal affairs on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, the ministry said …

CARACAS | Xinhua | Venezuela on Monday called on the governments of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay to withdraw their diplomatic staff accredited in the country. The measure, announced in an official statement released by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, also calls for withdrawing Venezuelan …

HOUSTON | Xinhua | A second-half strike from Gerardo Arteaga fired Mexico to a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in their opening Copa America Group B clash here on Saturday. Arteaga broke the deadlock in the 69th minute at NRG stadium when he received Luis Romo’s layoff before rifling an 18-yard …