US-Venezuela Conflict (2025- )

• For Mamdani, a Break With the President Just Three Days Into His New Job - New York City’s newly elected mayor planned to spend Saturday announcing a pedestrian safety plan. Then President Trump brought a captured foreign leader to his doorstep.
• Ukrainians Welcome a U.S. Victory in Venezuela, and Lament a Double Standard - Ukraine’s government supports the removal of a dictator while members of Parliament question the wisdom of endorsing military interventions, even against a Russian ally.
• A Pardon and a Prosecution in New York Show Trump’s Personal Geopolitics - The facts in the cases of Nicolás Maduro and Juan Orlando Hernández are strikingly similar. The men’s fates are not.
• The U.S. Indictment of Maduro Cites Cocaine Smuggling. Venezuela’s Role in the Trade Is Believed to Be Modest. - Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe.
• Trump Plunges the U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela - President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building as he declared that the United States had toppled Venezuela’s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period.
• This Is What Venezuelans Really Want - We have long faced a brutal paradox: an absent yet omnipotent state.
• Trump Shares Photo of Captured Nicolás Maduro, Blindfolded and Handcuffed - The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York.
• Trump Shares an Image of Maduro Blindfolded and Handcuffed - The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York.