https://www.news9live.com/world/us-military-operation-in-caracas-maduro-captured-what-we-know-so-far-about-us-venezuela-war-2916846
Jan 3, 2026 - The tensions have escalated after the US military launched strikes on Venezuela's capital and captured its President, Nicolas Maduro, during the operation on...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/senate-venezuela-war-powers-vote-trump-pressure-republicans/
Two Republicans switched their votes after pressure from the White House.
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Jan/14/us-senate-readies-venezuela-war-powers-vote-to-curb-military-action-as-trump-presses-gop-to-oppose
The fury being directed their way from the president underscored how the war powers vote has taken on new political significance as Trump expands his foreign po
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https://www.indy100.com/politics/russia-venezuela-putin-ukraine-trump-zelensky
Jan 4, 2026 - As people draw comparisons between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin following the US president’s strikes on Venezuela and the ‘capture’ of Nicolás...
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https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-01-15/josh-hawley-venezuela-war-powers-trump
Hawley said that he will no longer support a war powers resolution over military action in Venezuela, after receiving assurances that there will be no U.S....
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https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/boat-strikes-venezuela-war
Under international law, executing people outside a genuine armed conflict is an extrajudicial killing. Nothing about these strikes meets the legal threshold...
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/venezuela-machado-world-dismantle-nobel-prize
By honouring a genocidal Zionist and cheerleader for US aggression in Venezuela, the award is once more exposed as an instrument of western imperialism
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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/is-the-us-at-war-with-venezuela-commentary-analysis.html
Oct 6, 2025 - Is the U.S. at war with Venezuela? The U.S. is still blowing up Venezuelan boats in international waters, alleging they are operated by narco-terrorists....
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https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/25/us-going-war-venezuela-trump-cancels-holiday-leave-troops-24798198/
Nov 25, 2025 - US officials have told Reuters that the Trump administration will launch a new phase of operations in Venezuela - and troops are affected.
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https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-gunning-for-war-in-venezuela-raising-fears-of-us-backed-regime-change/
Venezuelans fear US strikes on boats in the Caribbean could be a leadup to US backing for a Pinochet-style dictatorship.
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https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-oldest-colony-the-newest-war-puerto-rico-as-a-launchpad-for-war-on-venezuela/
When President Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as U.S drones struck another small boat off
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/crude-oil-prices-today-trump-venezuela.html
Dec 19, 2025 - Trump declined to say whether overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is his ultimate goal.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-lavrov-abrams-warnings-over-venezuela/30421629.html
The United States and Russia have exchanged harsh words over Venezuela, where Moscow supports a president considered illegitimate by the United States and some...
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https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/10/venezuela-trump-caribbean-boats-maduro/684690/
Oct 31, 2025 - More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/senate-republicans-defeat-venezuela-war-powers-resolution-jd-vance-casts-decisive-tie-breaking-vote-1771004
Jan 15, 2026 - US Senate Republicans defeat a resolution to curb President Trump's war powers in Venezuela following an intense White House pressure campaign
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https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-01-08-senate-rebukes-trump-on-venezuela-advances-war-powers-resolution/
Republican Sens. Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Todd Young, Susan Collins and Josh Hawley voted with all Democrats in favor of the legislation. | iHeart
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https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/hawley-flips-war-powers-resolution-would-block-action-venezuela
His about-face followed public rebuke from Trump, who said that Republicans should be "ashamed" of Hawley and the other GOP dissidents for their vote.
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https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world-news/article/322433/Bid-to-rein-in-Trumps-Venezuela-war-powers-fails-in-US-House
U.S. House of Representatives Republicans narrowly defeated a resolution on Thursday that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-venezuela-war-powers-vote-trump-pressure-republicans/?intcid=CNR-02-0623
Two Republicans switched their votes after pressure from the White House.
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https://www.ms.now/morning-joe/watch/senate-set-to-vote-on-venezuela-war-powers-2481317955949
Jan 14, 2026 - The Senate is set to vote on a war powers resolution set to limit the president's ability to continue strikes on Venezuela. Armed Services Commitee member...
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https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/19/donald-trump-refuses-rule-launching-war-venezuela-25615531/
Dec 19, 2025 - The US president also declined to clarify whether his ultimate goal is to overthrow Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro.
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https://www.firstpost.com/web-show/firstpost-america/hackers-bait-venezuela-in-us-china-spy-war-firstpost-america-vd1764407-shorts.html
Jan 16, 2026
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/us-attack-on-venezuela-raises-questions-of-compatibility-with-just-war-theory/
In remarks to LifeSiteNews, philosopher Edward Feser and Professor Joseph Capizzi, a scholar at the Catholic University of America, questioned the just cause...
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https://asiatimes.com/2025/11/us-hidden-war-on-venezuela-shifts-from-covert-to-overt/
Nov 22, 2025 - America has slipped into a conflict it refuses to name. The signs aren’t subtle. They aren’t even undeniable. They are simply scattered across headlines,
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https://unherd.com/newsroom/hawks-are-trying-to-drag-america-into-war-with-venezuela/
Nov 20, 2025 - On Sunday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States will designate Cartel de los Soles, which he says is headed by Venezuelan...
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https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/520928/Trump-s-Venezuela-war-drums-Drug-fight-or-oil-grab
Nov 28, 2025 - TEHRAN – The latest statements from President Donald Trump mark one of the most serious escalations in the long confrontation between the United States and...
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https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3338722/us-attack-venezuela-tests-moral-clarity-post-war-world-order
Jan 5, 2026 - Amid Washington’s use of force, there is a sense that global affairs are drifting towards a modernised version of the law of the jungle.
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https://www.vox.com/politics/470879/venezuela-maduro-drug-boats-military-strikes
Jan 3, 2026 - Are we really on the verge of war? And what would it look like?
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https://news.sky.com/video/venezuela-us-oil-war-explained-us-seizes-another-tanker-off-venezuela-13486476
The US has already seized a sanctioned oil tanker, called Skipper, off the coast of Venezuela last week.
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https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/venezuela-crisis-cold-war-with-russia-redux-varney-says
FBN's Stuart Varney on Venezuela becoming the center of a mounting cold war between the U.S. and Russia.
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https://indianexpress.com/videos/international-video/watch-un-security-council-erupts-as-venezuela-brands-us-operation-a-war-crime/
Venezuela accused the United States of committing a war crime at a heated UN Security Council session, alleging an illegal armed attack, civilian harm, and the...
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https://townhall.com/columnists/austinbay/2017/08/02/venezuela-slides-toward-civil-war-n2363112
In the early morning hours of August 1, Venezuelan secret police arrested the country's most prominent opposition political leaders, Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio...
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https://asiatimes.com/2025/11/trumps-venezuela-war-threat-a-gift-to-china/
Nov 19, 2025 - Having once promised to halt America’s “endless wars,” Donald Trump now finds himself deliberating whether to start another one in Venezuela. A number of
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https://newrepublic.com/article/203612/trump-start-war-venezuela
His moves these last three months have been bellicose, aggressive—and almost completely undebated by Congress. Are we doing regime change again?
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https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/fact-checking-the-venezuela-war-hawks/
Nov 27, 2025 - As the US Navy remains primed for action in the Southern Caribbean, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro prepares for what could…
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4418647/senate-venezuela-war-powers-vote-second-trump-rebuke/
Jan 15, 2026 - Just days earlier, five Republicans joined Democrats in a test vote that invited the wrath of the president.
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https://www.vox.com/politics/465074/venezuela-trump-maduro-regime-change-drug-boats
Oct 18, 2025 - Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-venezuela-quarantine
"Economic strangulation is warfare and civilians always pay the price," lamented CodePink.
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https://www.caribbeanlife.com/americas-top-general-heads-to-tt-as-fears-of-war-with-venezuela-loom/
Nov 26, 2025 - The US’s top military officer was scheduled to meet with Trinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar on the island on Tuesday for high-level talks as
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https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/under-public-pressure-lawmakers-move-to-restrain-trumps-war-on-venezuela/
Editor's Note: The vote on the Senate resolution referred to in this article was held after our story was published. The resolution failed by a vote of 51...
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https://www.ms.now/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/democrats-sound-alarm-on-possible-start-to-new-open-ended-war-in-venezuela-2479490115532
Jan 4, 2026 - Venezuelan President Maduro is expected to be in court Monday in New York City to face charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy. Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ)...
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https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/11164/
Venezuelan leftists and government supporters will march in Caracas this Jan. 23, a symbolic date Venezuelan democracy, a municipal mayor of the city has...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/5/trumps-abduction-of-maduro-escalates-concerns-over-potential-war-with-iran
Jan 5, 2026 - Experts say US military action in Caracas ‘gives momentum’ for conflict with Tehran and deals another blow to diplomacy.
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https://www.timesnownews.com/opinion/world/donald-trump-attacks-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-us-to-manage-oil-reserves-us-attack-on-iraq-saddam-hussein-article-153392295
Jan 5, 2026 - Trump-led US attacks Venezuela: On Saturday, January 3, 2026, Venezuelans woke up to explosions, low-flying aircraft and the news that their president and his...
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https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-boat-strike-caribbean-venezuela-drug-war-rcna229113
Sep 4, 2025 - President Donald Trump said the U.S. military blew up a vessel in the Caribbean, killing 11 people. The administration said the boat had departed from...
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https://news.abplive.com/news/world/unilateral-act-of-war-mamdani-opposes-us-action-in-venezuela-1820104
Jan 4, 2026 - Maduro and Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York, according to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, who confirmed the charges in a post...
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2153403/labour-civil-war-starmer-venezuela
Jan 4, 2026 - Furious Labour MPs have branded Keir Starmer 'weak and pathetic' over his statements on Trump's Venezuela attack.
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https://www.wlrn.org/national-politics/2026-01-22/republican-led-house-blocks-effort-to-limit-president-trumps-war-powers-in-venezuela
Two Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/world/politics/senate-trump-venezuela-war-powers/
The Republican president put pressure on party members who had supported it, causing two senators to change course, dooming the resolution.
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https://www.wunc.org/2026-01-22/republican-led-house-blocks-effort-to-limit-president-trumps-war-powers-in-venezuela
Two Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote.
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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/16/dem-sen-gallego-trump-wants-to-get-us-into-a-war-with-venezuela/
Tuesday on MS NOW's "The Weeknight," Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) accused President Donald Trump of wanting to go to war with Venezuela. | Clips
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt
Jan 5, 2026 - The secretary of state says the US will retain "multiple levers of leverage" if Venezuela's leaders don't "make the right...
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https://sites.google.com/view/auraxradio/news/trump-pressure-republicans-flip-vice-president-venezuela-war-powers
Vice President Breaks Senate Tie After Trump Pressure Leads Two Republicans to Flip on Venezuela War Powers Vote 2 min read By Aurax Desk January 15, 2026
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https://www.ndtv.com/video/all-out-us-iran-war-inevitable-trump-s-secret-weapon-in-venezuela-maduro-op-1048206
Iran issued a chilling threat against US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. A warning aired on Iranian state-run TV, which played clips of Trump's 2024...
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https://unherd.com/newsroom/trumps-venezuela-strike-is-not-a-declaration-of-war/
Dec 30, 2025 - The United States has taken a significant, if largely symbolic, escalatory step in its military campaign against drug cartels operating from Venezuelan...
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https://www.truthdig.com/articles/progressives-caution-against-war-in-venezuela/
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alludes to possible military intervention in the South American nation.
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https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/donald-trump-venezuela-und-der-improvisierte-situation-room-war-es-klug-diese-bilder-zu-veroeffentlichen-a-3964503d-58cd-4e6f-af42-02981c6f960c
Jan 5, 2026 - Der US-Präsident hat sich in seinem Golfklub ein Krisenzentrum eingerichtet, dorthin wurde der Militäreinsatz in Venezuela live übertragen. War es klug,...
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https://www.bpdaily.com/senate-advances-legislation-curb-trump-war-powers/
Jan 9, 2026 - The Senate has advanced bipartisan legislation to curb further military action in the Soth American country. . US
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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/04/rubio-theres-not-a-war-in-venezuela-maduros-capture-was-a-law-enforcement-function/
Jan 5, 2026 - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. arrest of Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro, was a "law enforcement function."
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https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/senate-war-powers-vote-trump-venezuela-maduro/
Five Republicans joined all Democrats in voted to advance the measure toward toward limiting President Trump's ability to further strike Venezuela.
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https://www.indiatoday.in/world/video/jeffrey-sachs-slams-us-regime-change-in-venezuela-trump-is-basically-out-of-control-ytvd-2847765-2026-01-06
On this Special Report, India Today Global examines the escalating crisis in Venezuela following the deposition of Nicolas Maduro. Renowned economist Professor...
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https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/3/rep_ro_khanna_on_wh_security
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the director of White House personnel security after a whistleblower revealed senior Trump officials overturned 25...
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