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Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Monday evening issued comments condemning President Donald Trump’s imposition of secondary tariffs on countries purchasing Venezuelan oil.

President Donald Trump is playing hardball with Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, and the American people overwhelmingly support Trump ensuring America’s interests come first.

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, a long-suspected drug lord actively wanted by U.S. authorities, on Wednesday evening accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of being an “imperial puppy and lackey.”

Drug trafficking generated more than $8.2 billion in Venezuela in 2024, according to a report published by the non-government organization Transparencia Venezuela on Wednesday.

Dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro claimed his regime “will not rest” until it rescues the Venezuelans “kidnapped” by El Salvador.

During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado stated that President Donald Trump’s declaration on Tren de Aragua and Venezuela is “a game changer” because it declares that the Maduro

Venezuela’s socialist regime on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected members of the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization, comparing it to “slavery” and “Nazi concentration camps.”

Nicolás Maduro said his regime will not accept further deportation flights of Venezuelan deportees after President Donald Trump cancelled a Biden-era oil license.

Guyana announced on Thursday that it issued an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop neighboring Venezuela from holding a sham election for governor of “Guayana Esequiba,” a purported new state that the socialist regime intends to carve out in the contested Essequibo region.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro threatened on Wednesday to take “all necessary measures” to stop American oil company ExxonMobil’s operations in the Essequibo region, historically contested by Venezuela and Guyana.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Rafael Jose Quero Silva, a Venezuelan ex-military official living in the U.S. accused of repressing and torturing students protesting against socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, El Nuevo Herald reported on Sunday.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado denounced on Thursday that unknown individuals attempted to break into her home in Caracas a day after she participated in an interview with Donald Trump Jr.

Venezuela’s socialist regime criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke an oil license granted by former President Joe Biden.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Thursday claimed that the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden helped the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization expand into the United States after establishing a foothold in Colombia.

Brazil’s Air Force announced that it shot down a plane allegedly carrying drugs that illegally entered its airspace from Venezuela, killing two pilots.

Attorney General of Venezuela Tarek William Saab said he would file a complaint in the U.S. against the Venezuela opposition for misuse of USAID funds.

Venezuelan non-governmental organization Foro Penal on Wednesday published a list of the names of the six American men who returned home last week as a result of negotiations led by President Donald Trump.

Six American citizens, unjustly detained by Venezuela’s socialist Maduro regime between September and October, returned home this weekend after negotiations led by President Donald Trump.

Venezuela’s government has agreed to the return of its illegal-migrant population to the United States, President Donald Trump said in a Saturday message on Truth Social.

The Venezuelan government, led by socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, has agreed to receive its deported nationals who illegally immigrated to the U.S., President Donald Trump announced Saturday.

President Donald Trump praised Richard Grenell, Trump’s Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, after six Americans being held hostage in Venezuela were released.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro warned on Thursday that the South American nation is in constant preparation for an “armed struggle” to defend “democracy and peace” ahead of a purported invasion against his authoritarian regime.

Heads of state and officials from Latin America’s leftist governments and authoritarian regimes issued statements this week marking the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, condemning Trump’s firm stance against authoritarianism.

California-based company Chevron filed tax returns worth about $300 million to the Venezuelan socialist regime, raising questions about how much dictator Nicolás Maduro benefits from Chevron’s oil production despite existing oil sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro threatened to use Brazilian troops to “liberate” Puerto Rico from the United States’ “colonization” in remarks this weekend.

On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens argued that “the data does not back up that some of the deals that we’ve had to make to bring Americans home [are] actually increasing the amount of people that

The socialist regime in Venezuela briefly detained opposition leader María Corina Machado amid gunshots on Thursday after she made her first public appearance in months.

The regimes of Iran and Venezuela signed a deal for the establishment of an Iranian drone development facility in Venezuela, the Argentine outlet Infobae reported on Friday.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday that one of the American citizens his regime took hostage recently on allegations of being a “mercenary” is a “senior FBI official” working to topple his regime.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday the arrest of two “important American mercenaries.”

Iranian engineers, whose “operational negligence” allegedly caused an oil spill in one of Venezuela’s main refineries in November, helped the socialist regime there cover up the accident, the Argentine outlet Infobae revealed on Tuesday.

Two American citizens filed a lawsuit against Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro at a Miami federal court accusing the dictator of leading a vast “criminal enterprise” and using unjustly imprisoned Americans as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.S., the Associated Press (AP) reported on Monday.

Exiled Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González is slated to meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

Venezuela’s socialist regime on Thursday announced a $100,000 bounty for information leading to the capture of exiled opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González.

Venezuela’s socialist regime and the Venezuelan opposition will each hold presidential inauguration ceremonies in Caracas on January 10, 2025 for the two men they claim are both president: longtime dictator Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González.

The leftist governments of Latin America will begin 2025 with their once-vaunted unity strained and with many facing its own share of controversies at home.