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Politics

Trump may block Exxon from Venezuela after CEO calls country 'uninvestable'

Donald Trump said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after Exxon chief executive Darren Woods told the president the country was "uninvestable" during a White House meeting last week. Woods told Trump that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive

World

Rocío San Miguel released after nearly two years in custody

Rocío San Miguel, a Venezuelan‑Spanish security expert who became one of the country's most prominent political prisoners, was released on Thursday after nearly two years in custody, her family told The New York Times. She was among the first batch of political prisoners freed by the interim

Politics

Trump speaks to New York Times in Oval Office on Venezuela, NATO and arms control

President Trump spoke with four New York Times reporters for nearly two hours in an Oval Office interview on Jan. 11, 2026, addressing his view of presidential power and a range of foreign policy topics including Venezuela, NATO, Greenland and the future of U.S.-Russia arms agreements. The Times

World

U.S. Navy pursues several sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers across Atlantic

A U.S. Navy vessel is pursuing several sanctioned oil tankers that left Venezuelan waters and appear to be crossing the Atlantic, according to satellite imagery and a U.S. military official. The ships, most reportedly laden with oil, are hundreds of miles from land and appear to be heading

World

Latin American leaders react to Trump's actions on Venezuela in video

Jack Nicas, the Mexico City bureau chief, walks us through the ways Latin American leaders are reacting to Trump's recent attack on Venezuela. The material is presented in a video that examines regional responses to what it describes as Trump's interventionism. The piece outlines those reactions

Business

China Holds Economic Foothold in Latin America as Trump Targets Venezuela

China has built a dominant strategic position in Latin America as the region’s leading lender and trading partner, and it is watching President Trump’s power grab in Venezuela and his broader push against Chinese influence closely. Chinese trade with the region grew to more than $500 billion in

World

Russian network pushes anti‑U.S. arms message after Venezuela raid

In the days after the U.S. raid in Venezuela, a network of Russian propaganda websites known as “Portal Kombat” has been promoting messages that countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia should stop buying American military hardware, and that the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro shows the United

World

Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal’ and warns Venezuelan oil and money will stop

Donald Trump told Cuba to “make a deal” or face unspecified consequences, posting on Truth Social that “THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” He added: “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” The comments came as the island, a

World

Sheinbaum seeks narrow diplomatic path after U.S. strike in Venezuela and Trump threats

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has been trying to thread a narrow diplomatic needle after the U.S. strike in Venezuela and direct warnings from President Trump that the United States would "start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels," a remark he made in a Fox

World

U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro deepens political split across Latin America

By Jan. 3 the United States had swept into Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, prompting frantic exchanges among Latin American leaders as they weighed how to respond. The reactions exposed regional fault lines: the region’s three largest countries — Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, all led by leftists — criticized

World

Maduro Extradition Heightens Humanitarian Risk in Venezuela

Time reports the U.S. capture and extradition of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 3 has opened a new period of uncertainty for Venezuela. After the strike, Venezuelans across the country rushed to grocery stores to stockpile supplies, and during a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Jan. 5

World

Pope Leo XIV Decries a Global 'Zeal for War' in Annual Address to Diplomats

In an annual address to the Vatican’s diplomatic corps on Friday, Pope Leo XIV condemned “a diplomacy based on force” and a spreading “zeal for war,” urging nations to commit to working together and to follow international law. The pope did not name world leaders, but his remarks were

World

US urges citizens to leave Venezuela amid reports colectivos are searching for Americans

The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately after reports that armed paramilitaries are attempting to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. In a security alert sent on Saturday, the State Department said there were reports that armed members of

World

Pope Leo XIV condemns 'diplomacy based on force' amid rising global conflicts

Time reported that Pope Leo XIV decried a growing "zeal for war" and warned against a "diplomacy based on force" in a Friday address to the Vatican's diplomatic corps as Russia carried out fresh strikes in Ukraine and tensions rose between the U.S.

World

Putin has remained silent after U.S. capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

President Vladimir V. Putin has not publicly responded after the United States captured Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and transferred him to a federal detention center in Brooklyn following a U.S. military raid ordered by President Trump, the Times reported. The Kremlin’s silence follows a monthslong pattern of

Business

Oil executives voice reservations about Trump’s $100 billion Venezuela plan

President Trump convened oil industry leaders at the White House to discuss taking charge of Venezuela’s oil industry, but several executives signalled deep reservations. At the highly staged meeting, Exxon Mobil chief Darren Woods said his company had its assets seized in Venezuela twice and called re-entering the country

Politics

Expert warns Trump’s Venezuela push and Maduro capture risk uncontrollable fallout

Time reports that Dominic Tierney, a scholar of war and regime change, warned that President Donald Trump’s push into Venezuela — including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro and repeated talk of the country’s oil — could produce unpredictable consequences. Tierney said the use of force is hard to

World

Trump claims US control after raid on Venezuela and signals wider territorial aims

The attack on Venezuela and the seizure of its president opened 2026 with the US president saying his government was “in charge” of Venezuela and that US companies were poised to extract the country’s oil wealth, the Guardian reports. Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One the

World

Trump urges U.S. oil firms to accelerate work in Venezuela

President Trump on Friday pressed American energy executives at the White House to rapidly tap Venezuela’s oil reserves, speaking hours after U.S. forces intercepted another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in the Caribbean Sea. The administration has sought to control Venezuela’s oil exports, and the tanker — the Olina

World

Starlink receivers served as internet backups after antennas burned near Caracas

Time reports that in the early hours of Saturday, January 3, explosions struck a cluster of antennas on a hill about a mile from a man’s home on the outskirts of Caracas, and the installation caught fire. The resident, who asked not to be identified, said, “I had never

World

U.S. and Venezuela begin exploratory steps to restore embassies

Less than a week after the United States snatched its president under cover of night, Venezuela said it was exploring restoring diplomatic ties and sending a delegation to Washington to check on its long-shuttered embassy, according to a statement from interim president Delcy Rodríguez. Ms. Rodríguez said the two governments

Politics

Trump’s Venezuela and UNFCCC moves reshape U.S. energy incentives

Time reports that this year began with the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, followed by President Trump’s commitment to “run” the country and rejuvenate its oil industry, and by a presidential memorandum to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations climate body (UNFCCC). The article argues these

Politics

Trump urges oil firms to invest $100bn in Venezuela, promises 'total safety'

Donald Trump told more than a dozen oil executives at a White House roundtable that they would have "total safety, total security" in Venezuela and urged them to invest $100bn in the country’s infrastructure. The meeting included leaders from Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhilips, the president said, and

Business

Trump urges $100 billion oil investment in Venezuela; executives express reluctance

President Trump met with oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday to press the biggest U.S. and European oil companies to invest at least $100 billion in Venezuela, but many of the executives signalled reluctance to commit. Smaller businesses and some traders or refiners have been

Politics

Trump and Vance overstated claim that War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional

President Trump and Vice President Vance this week said all presidents have considered the War Powers Resolution unconstitutional, commenting after the Senate voted to take up a joint resolution that would bar further U.S. military action in and against Venezuela. The War Powers Resolution, enacted in 1974 and amended