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Trump Says Would Be "Smart" For Venezuela's Maduro To Step Down
US President Donald Trump said Monday it would be "smart" for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down, as US naval forces pressed a blockade on the South American country's oil wealth.
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US Says Venezuela's Maduro Needs To Be "Gone" From Power
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro needs to be "gone" from power, in one of the clearest indications yet that Washington is seeking a change of leadership in Caracas.
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Venezuela Says Russia Expressed 'Full Support' Against US 'Hostilities'
Venezuela's foreign minister said Monday Russia had expressed its "full support" as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers by US forces deployed in the Caribbean.
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Trump Refuses To Rule Out War With Venezuela
President Donald Trump left the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table in an interview published Friday, after escalating the US pressure campaign on Caracas with an oil blockade.
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A Timeline Of US Military's Campaign Near Venezuela
Donald Trump ordered a blockade of "sanctioned oil tankers" into and out of Venezuela, US forces seized an oil tanker off the country's coast and the military attacked three more alleged drug-smuggling boats in the region
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Trump Declares Venezuela Regime 'Foreign Terrorist Organisation', Blocks Oil Tankers
Trump said he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country's economy.
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Chile President-Elect Calls For End To Venezuela's "Dictatorship"
Chile's hard-right president-elect Jose Antonio Kast said Tuesday he would "support any situation that ends the dictatorship" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Explained: Why Is Trump Administration Putting Pressure On Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will hold closed, classified briefings for all U.S. senators and representatives on Tuesday about the Trump administration's strategy toward Venezuela.
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Amid Growing Tensions With Venezuela, US Military To Use Trinidad Airports
The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday it had authorized US military aircraft to use its airports, amid growing fears Washington may be preparing an attack on nearby Venezuela.
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Nobel Peace Winner Maria Machado Fractured Vetebra While Fleeing Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey out of hiding in Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson said Monday.
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Op Golden Dynamite: How Machado Fled Venezuela To Receive Nobel Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado had to disguise herself and move through choppy, cold seas as part of a secret mission to leave the country.
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US Flew Bombers, Fighter Jets, Drones Along Venezuela Coast Amid Tensions
Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries.
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US Sanctions Nicolas Maduro's Family, 6 Ships Carrying Venezuela Oil
The US imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, among others, on Thursday as President Donald Trump looks to inflict further pressure on the South American nation.
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US Bringing Seized Tanker To Port As Venezuela War Fears Build
An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White House said Thursday, as fears mount of open conflict between the two countries.
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Sanctions To Military Action, How US-Venezuela Relations Have Worsen
The seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast this week comes after long-standing tensions between Washington and Caracas, starting with US sanctions in 2006 and most recently strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats.
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Trump Says Would Be "Smart" For Venezuela's Maduro To Step Down
US President Donald Trump said Monday it would be "smart" for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down, as US naval forces pressed a blockade on the South American country's oil wealth.
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US Says Venezuela's Maduro Needs To Be "Gone" From Power
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro needs to be "gone" from power, in one of the clearest indications yet that Washington is seeking a change of leadership in Caracas.
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Venezuela Says Russia Expressed 'Full Support' Against US 'Hostilities'
Venezuela's foreign minister said Monday Russia had expressed its "full support" as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers by US forces deployed in the Caribbean.
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Trump Refuses To Rule Out War With Venezuela
President Donald Trump left the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table in an interview published Friday, after escalating the US pressure campaign on Caracas with an oil blockade.
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A Timeline Of US Military's Campaign Near Venezuela
Donald Trump ordered a blockade of "sanctioned oil tankers" into and out of Venezuela, US forces seized an oil tanker off the country's coast and the military attacked three more alleged drug-smuggling boats in the region
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Trump Declares Venezuela Regime 'Foreign Terrorist Organisation', Blocks Oil Tankers
Trump said he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country's economy.
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Chile President-Elect Calls For End To Venezuela's "Dictatorship"
Chile's hard-right president-elect Jose Antonio Kast said Tuesday he would "support any situation that ends the dictatorship" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Explained: Why Is Trump Administration Putting Pressure On Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will hold closed, classified briefings for all U.S. senators and representatives on Tuesday about the Trump administration's strategy toward Venezuela.
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Amid Growing Tensions With Venezuela, US Military To Use Trinidad Airports
The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday it had authorized US military aircraft to use its airports, amid growing fears Washington may be preparing an attack on nearby Venezuela.
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Nobel Peace Winner Maria Machado Fractured Vetebra While Fleeing Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey out of hiding in Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson said Monday.
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Op Golden Dynamite: How Machado Fled Venezuela To Receive Nobel Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado had to disguise herself and move through choppy, cold seas as part of a secret mission to leave the country.
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US Flew Bombers, Fighter Jets, Drones Along Venezuela Coast Amid Tensions
Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries.
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US Sanctions Nicolas Maduro's Family, 6 Ships Carrying Venezuela Oil
The US imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, among others, on Thursday as President Donald Trump looks to inflict further pressure on the South American nation.
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US Bringing Seized Tanker To Port As Venezuela War Fears Build
An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White House said Thursday, as fears mount of open conflict between the two countries.
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Sanctions To Military Action, How US-Venezuela Relations Have Worsen
The seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast this week comes after long-standing tensions between Washington and Caracas, starting with US sanctions in 2006 and most recently strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats.
