US planning for the Maduro raid eyed a time when much of the Venezuelan military was expected to be on holiday, memo reveals

A Justice Department memo offers new details about how the US planned to pull off the daring nighttime mission.
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Analysis: Why Venezuela’s military holds the key to country’s future

Whether Trump or Rodriguez, running Venezuela will need the help of its military, which has incentives to strike a deal.

US military action in Venezuela is seen as both a blessing and a curse for Russia's Putin

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Venezuela: Four signs last week that the Trump-Rodríguez relationship is warming up

More than two weeks after the stunning US raid on Caracas that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the political confrontation over the future of Venezuela is rapidly coalescing around two leaders, ...

US military seizes another fugitive oil tanker linked to Venezuela

The U.S. military seized a sixth Venezuelan oil tanker in a Caribbean operation Thursday amid the Trump administration's ...

Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’

CBC News obtained more than a dozen wiretap recordings from a two-year Colombian federal police investigation into a ...

Venezuelan mother reveals last messages from 18-year-old son killed in U.S. assault on Maduro compound

Saul Pereira Martinez had finished his shift on guard duty at Fort Tiuna, where Maduro was sheltered. The last time his ...

Iran poses a far more dangerous military test for the US than Venezuela, experts warn

U.S. weighs military options against Iran after Venezuela success, but experts warn Tehran's defenses and retaliation ...