Tourist tax to be introduced across England. Here\u2019s what it means for travellers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//25//travellers-stranded-in-venezuela-as-airlines-halt-flights-amid-security-warnings/">Travellers stranded in Venezuela as airlines halt flights amid security warnings<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The national government, in a sovereign decision, told the companies: if you do not resume flights in 48 hours, do not resume them any more. You keep your planes and we will keep our dignity,\" he said. <\/p>\n<p>Cabello insisted that Venezuela decides who flies in its territory and reserves the right of admission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRi3oOljHZi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//DRi3oOljHZi//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\"><svg width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 60 60\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><g transform=\"translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)\" fill=\"#000000\"><g><path d=\"M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div><div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\"> <div style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">Ver esta publicaci\u00f3n en Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//DRi3oOljHZi//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida de Instituto Nacional de Aeron\u00e1utica Civil (@inac__ve)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><cms-n \/><script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/">/n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>For the time being, Copa, Wingo, Boliviana de Aviaci\u00f3n, Satena and local airlines Avior and Conviasa are maintaining their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//25//travellers-stranded-in-venezuela-as-airlines-halt-flights-amid-security-warnings/">regular operations in the country<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Military tension in the Caribbean on the rise<\/h2>\n<p>The crisis comes as the United States maintains an unprecedented military deployment in the Caribbean as part of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//15//us-confirms-deadly-attack-in-the-caribbean-80-dead-under-operation-southern-spear/">Operation Southern Spear<\/strong><\/a>, announced in November to combat drug trafficking. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the US Air Force revealed that B-52H bombers conducted strike demonstrations in Caribbean waters this week.<\/p>\n<p>Two Dominican airports will be used temporarily to support anti-drug trafficking operations, San Isidro Air Base and Las Americas International Airport, both in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Vice President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez called for calm: \"The way forward is not to send ships or make military threats\". <\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said that direct talks between Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Donald Trump, who has stated that his contacts with the Venezuelan leader seek to \"save many lives\", are welcome.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764229061,"updatedAt":1764240588,"publishedAt":1764232831,"firstPublishedAt":1764232831,"lastPublishedAt":1764232831,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/33\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4291325e-40c8-541c-8531-2ef0c9a39f39-9563309.jpg","altText":"Archive image - Iberia aircraft","caption":"Archive image - Iberia aircraft","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2007 AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2908,"urlSafeValue":"maturana","title":"Jes\u00fas Maturana","twitter":"matutweet"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":4,"slug":"airlines","urlSafeValue":"airlines","title":"Airlines","titleRaw":"Airlines"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":4221,"slug":"tourism","urlSafeValue":"tourism","title":"Tourism","titleRaw":"Tourism"},{"id":12639,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel","titleRaw":"Travel"},{"id":12878,"slug":"airplane","urlSafeValue":"airplane","title":"airplane","titleRaw":"airplane"},{"id":15170,"slug":"narcotrafico","urlSafeValue":"narcotrafico","title":"Narcotr\u00e1fico","titleRaw":"Narcotr\u00e1fico"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"html","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2849285},{"id":2851437}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"6n3F26sCNsc","dailymotionId":"x9uj7nu"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/30\/30\/71\/04\/ED_PYR_3030714_20251127104735.mp4","editor":"","duration":80000,"filesizeBytes":14535705,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/30\/30\/71\/04\/SHD_PYR_3030714_20251127104735.mp4","editor":"","duration":80000,"filesizeBytes":20961722,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/30\/30\/71\/04\/FHD_PYR_3030714_20251127104735.mp4","editor":"","duration":80000,"filesizeBytes":63430676,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"en","storyId":9563333,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/travel\/2025\/11\/27\/venezuela-withdraws-operating-permits-for-six-airlines-after-ultimatum-over-suspended-flig","lastModified":1764232831},{"id":2849285,"cid":9560202,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"TRAVEL VENEZUELA FLIGHTS UPDATE - ES TEAM","daletPyramidId":3405646,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Travellers stranded in Venezuela as airlines halt flights amid security warnings","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Flights between Spain and Venezuela halted amid security warnings","titleListing2":"Spain and Venezuela air link collapses as airlines halt flights amid security warnings","leadin":"Growing tension between Venezuela and the US has left hundreds of travellers stranded as airlines cancel flights.","summary":"Growing tension between Venezuela and the US has left hundreds of travellers stranded as airlines cancel flights.","keySentence":"","url":"travellers-stranded-in-venezuela-as-airlines-halt-flights-amid-security-warnings","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/11\/25\/travellers-stranded-in-venezuela-as-airlines-halt-flights-amid-security-warnings","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The air connection between Madrid and Caracas was interrupted on Monday after a cascade of cancellations by various international and Venezuelan airlines.\n\nThe decision, which immediately affects thousands of passengers, comes at a time of growing geopolitical tension, fuelled by the designation of the so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist group and by warnings from the US government about air safety in the region.\n\nOn Monday, Spanish airline Air Europa announced the suspension of its flights to Venezuela until \"conditions are adequate\", according to company sources quoted by local media. Estelar and LASER also confirmed the suspension and rescheduling of their routes between the two countries, a decision that adds to the measures previously taken by Iberia, TAP, Avianca, Latam, Gol, Caribbean Airlines and Turkish Airlines.\n\nAccording to Estelar, flights on the Caracas-Madrid-Caracas route for 24, 26 and 28 November have been cancelled for \"operational reasons\" linked to its Spanish airline provider, Iberojet.\n\nLASER, for its part, communicated via Instagram that it would reschedule its flights between Caracas and Madrid from this Monday until Thursday, also for \"operational reasons\", without offering further details.\n\nWarnings from Washington over 'worsening security'\n\nOver the weekend, other international airlines had already adopted similar measures following the alert issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).\n\nThe FAA warning, issued last Friday, urged pilots to exercise extreme caution due to the \"worsening security situation and increased military activity\" around Venezuela. According to the US agency, these threats could pose a risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including planes taking off, landing or even remaining on the ground.\n\nThe president of the Venezuelan Airlines Association (ALAV), Marisela de Loaiza, confirmed that the suspensions will affect companies such as TAP, Latam, Avianca, Iberia, Gol and Caribbean indefinitely, while Turkish Airlines announced on Sunday a suspension between 24 and 28 November.\n\nHundreds of travellers affected\n\nThe situation has also caused disruption in other countries in the region. In Colombia, around 1,500 travellers were affected by airlines such as Latam and Avianca cancelling flights from Bogot\u00e1 to Caracas.\n\nThe state-run Civil Aeronautics explained that these companies took autonomous decisions to protect the safety of their passengers, while others, such as Satena and Wingo, have maintained their regular operations.\n\nThe Colombian authority said that it had reinforced its surveillance and air control capacities and called a meeting with airlines and regional authorities to evaluate mitigation measures.\n\nIn Madrid, Barajas Airport cancelled all scheduled flights to Venezuela on Monday, a measure that particularly affects Iberia, which operates five flights a week.\n\nWith air traffic disrupted and hundreds of passengers seeking alternatives, the crisis in Venezuelan airspace is already being felt in terminals across the region, highlighting the growing impact of military and diplomatic tensions between Washington and Caracas.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The air connection between Madrid and Caracas was interrupted on Monday after a cascade of cancellations by various international and Venezuelan airlines. <\/p>\n<p>The decision, which immediately affects thousands of passengers, comes at a time of growing geopolitical tension, fuelled by the designation of the so-called Cartel of the Suns <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//24//us-to-designate-alleged-maduro-led-venezuelan-cartel-a-terrorist-organisation/">as a terrorist group<\/strong><\/a> and by warnings from the US government about air safety in the region. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Spanish airline Air Europa announced the suspension of its flights to Venezuela until \"conditions are adequate\", according to company sources quoted by local media. Estelar and LASER also confirmed the suspension and rescheduling of their routes between the two countries, a decision that adds to the measures previously taken by Iberia, TAP, Avianca, Latam, Gol, Caribbean Airlines and Turkish Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>According to Estelar, flights on the Caracas-Madrid-Caracas route for 24, 26 and 28 November have been cancelled for \"operational reasons\" linked to its Spanish airline provider, Iberojet. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//21//ryanair-threatens-to-cut-all-azores-flights-from-2026-heres-how-it-could-affect-your-holid/">Ryanair threatens to cut all Azores flights from 2026. Here\u2019s how it could affect your holiday<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//24//flights-grounded-and-trains-cancelled-as-belgium-faces-three-day-national-strike/">Flights grounded and trains cancelled as Belgium faces three day national strike <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>LASER, for its part, communicated via Instagram that it would reschedule its flights between Caracas and Madrid from this Monday until Thursday, also for \"operational reasons\", without offering further details.<\/p>\n<h2>Warnings from Washington over 'worsening security'<\/h2>\n<p>Over the weekend, other international airlines had already adopted similar measures following the alert issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n<p>The FAA warning, issued last Friday, urged pilots to exercise extreme caution due to the \"worsening security situation and i<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//12//venezuela-carries-out-military-exercises-amid-fears-of-us-strikes/">ncreased military activity<\/strong><\/a>\" around Venezuela. According to the US agency, these threats could pose a risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including planes taking off, landing or even remaining on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Venezuelan Airlines Association (ALAV), Marisela de Loaiza, confirmed that the suspensions will affect companies such as TAP, Latam, Avianca, Iberia, Gol and Caribbean indefinitely, while Turkish Airlines announced on Sunday a suspension between 24 and 28 November.<\/p>\n<h2>Hundreds of travellers affected<\/h2>\n<p>The situation has also caused disruption in other countries in the region. In Colombia, around 1,500 travellers were affected by airlines such as Latam and Avianca cancelling flights from Bogot\u00e1 to Caracas.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run Civil Aeronautics explained that these companies took autonomous decisions to protect the safety of their passengers, while others, such as Satena and Wingo, have maintained their regular operations. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//24//us-to-designate-alleged-maduro-led-venezuelan-cartel-a-terrorist-organisation/">US to designate alleged Maduro-led Venezuelan cartel a terrorist organisation<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Colombian authority said that it had reinforced its surveillance and air control capacities and called a meeting with airlines and regional authorities to evaluate mitigation measures.<\/p>\n<p>In Madrid, Barajas Airport cancelled all scheduled flights to Venezuela on Monday, a measure that particularly affects Iberia, which operates five flights a week.<\/p>\n<p>With air traffic disrupted and hundreds of passengers seeking alternatives, the crisis in Venezuelan airspace is already being felt in terminals across the region, highlighting the growing impact of military and diplomatic tensions between Washington and Caracas.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764019520,"updatedAt":1764082339,"publishedAt":1764070759,"firstPublishedAt":1764070759,"lastPublishedAt":1764070759,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/01\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_95ac8084-d0d2-5ae2-9fbe-d13071c70b90-9560118.jpg","altText":"Travellers wait in the main hall of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar de Maiquet\u00eda International Airport, in Maiquet\u00eda, Venezuela, on 23 November 2025,","caption":"Travellers wait in the main hall of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar de Maiquet\u00eda International Airport, in Maiquet\u00eda, Venezuela, on 23 November 2025,","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1388,"height":781}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3518,"urlSafeValue":"rafael.salido-ortiz@euronews.com","title":"Rafael Salido","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":53,"slug":"colombia","urlSafeValue":"colombia","title":"Colombia","titleRaw":"Colombia"},{"id":447,"slug":"usa","urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","titleRaw":"USA"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":7809,"slug":"spain","urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","titleRaw":"Spain"},{"id":12639,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel","titleRaw":"Travel"},{"id":21122,"slug":"iberia","urlSafeValue":"iberia","title":"Iberia","titleRaw":"Iberia"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2849360},{"id":2849793}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"geVD0Q4IwVA","dailymotionId":"x9uev0w"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/30\/15\/09\/03\/ED_PYR_3015093_20251125143613.mp4","editor":"","duration":64000,"filesizeBytes":11898501,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/30\/15\/09\/03\/SHD_PYR_3015093_20251125143613.mp4","editor":"","duration":64000,"filesizeBytes":16636054,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/30\/15\/09\/03\/FHD_PYR_3015093_20251125143613.mp4","editor":"","duration":64000,"filesizeBytes":50406912,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":9560118,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/travel\/2025\/11\/25\/travellers-stranded-in-venezuela-as-airlines-halt-flights-amid-security-warnings","lastModified":1764070759},{"id":2849206,"cid":9559602,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA CARTEL DE LOS SOLES ","daletPyramidId":3400690,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US to designate alleged Maduro-led Venezuelan cartel a terrorist organisation","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US to designate alleged Maduro-led cartel a terrorist organisation","titleListing2":"US to designate alleged Maduro-led cartel a terrorist organisation","leadin":"In 2020, near the end of US President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, Washington sanctioned Maduro and others over alleged \"narco-terrorism\", saying that he had been the co-leader of the Cartel of the Suns since at least 1999. He has denied the charges.","summary":"In 2020, near the end of US President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, Washington sanctioned Maduro and others over alleged \"narco-terrorism\", saying that he had been the co-leader of the Cartel of the Suns since at least 1999. He has denied the charges.","keySentence":"","url":"us-to-designate-alleged-maduro-led-venezuelan-cartel-a-terrorist-organisation","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/24\/us-to-designate-alleged-maduro-led-venezuelan-cartel-a-terrorist-organisation","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Trump administration is expected to designate Venezuela\u2019s \"Cartel de los Soles\" or Cartel of the Suns as a foreign terrorist organisation on Monday, in a move that will put further pressure on the South American country\u2019s President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\n\nThe designation comes after a large US military build-up near the Venezuelan coast, and amid ongoing strikes against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, which to date have killed more than 80 people.\n\nSpeaking the week before the likely move on Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Cartel of the Suns, which Washington accuses Maduro of leading, as being \u201cresponsible for terrorist violence\u201d.\n\nVenezuela\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Washington's claim, calling it a \u201cridiculous lie\u201d that could be used as the pretext for a potential invasion. Caracas has suggested that the US aims to depose Maduro, an authoritarian leader who has been in power since 2013.\n\nThe Cartel of the Suns is not actually a cartel. Instead, the name is used to refer to corrupt high-level Venezuelan officials.\n\nThe term was first used in the 1990s with reference to corrupt senior military officers who had enriched themselves through drug-running, and who, owing to their official positions, wore \u201csuns\u201d attached to their uniforms.\n\nIt later became a phrase that also encompassed other figures including police and government officials.\n\nIn 2020, near the end of US President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, Washington sanctioned Maduro and others over alleged \"narco-terrorism\", saying that he had been the co-leader of the Cartel of the Suns since at least 1999. He has denied the charges.\n\nAdam Isaacson, director for defence oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), said it was not an organisation per se.\n\n\u201cIt is not a group,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like a group where people would ever identify themselves as members. They don\u2019t have regular meetings. They don\u2019t have a hierarchy.\u201d\n\nUp until this year, the US only deemed organisations such as Al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State to be foreign terrorist groups.\n\nHowever, in February, Washington applied the label to eight Latin American criminal organisations involved in activities including drug trafficking and people smuggling.\n\nThe US Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Cartel of the Suns in July.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration is expected to designate Venezuela\u2019s \"Cartel de los Soles\" or Cartel of the Suns as a foreign terrorist organisation on Monday, in a move that will put further pressure on the South American country\u2019s President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. <\/p>\n<p>The designation comes after a large US military build-up near the Venezuelan coast, and amid ongoing strikes against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, which to date have killed more than 80 people.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking the week before the likely move on Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Cartel of the Suns, which Washington accuses Maduro of leading, as being \u201cresponsible for terrorist violence\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Washington's claim, calling it a \u201cridiculous lie\u201d that could be used as the pretext for a potential invasion. Caracas has suggested that the US aims to depose Maduro, an authoritarian leader who has been in power since 2013. <\/p>\n<p>The Cartel of the Suns is not actually a cartel. Instead, the name is used to refer to corrupt high-level Venezuelan officials. <\/p>\n<p>The term was first used in the 1990s with reference to corrupt senior military officers who had enriched themselves through drug-running, and who, owing to their official positions, wore \u201csuns\u201d attached to their uniforms. <\/p>\n<p>It later became a phrase that also encompassed other figures including police and government officials. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//12//venezuela-carries-out-military-exercises-amid-fears-of-us-strikes/">Venezuela carries out military exercises amid fears of US strikes <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//07//spanish-police-arrest-13-people-suspected-of-belonging-to-venezuelas-tren-de-aragua-gang/">Spanish police arrest 13 people suspected of belonging to Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In 2020, near the end of US President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, Washington sanctioned Maduro and others over alleged \"narco-terrorism\", saying that he had been the co-leader of the Cartel of the Suns since at least 1999. He has denied the charges. <\/p>\n<p>Adam Isaacson, director for defence oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), said it was not an organisation per se. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a group,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like a group where people would ever identify themselves as members. They don\u2019t have regular meetings. They don\u2019t have a hierarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Up until this year, the US only deemed organisations such as Al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State to be foreign terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>However, in February, Washington applied the label to eight Latin American criminal organisations involved in activities including drug trafficking and people smuggling. <\/p>\n<p>The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Cartel of the Suns in July. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763994797,"updatedAt":1764000266,"publishedAt":1764000243,"firstPublishedAt":1764000243,"lastPublishedAt":1764000243,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/96\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1291a859-b94d-5a8f-bc25-39120e41e0a7-9559602.jpg","altText":"FILE: People push a stalled car in Caracas, 20 November 2025","caption":"FILE: People push a stalled car in Caracas, 20 November 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":9515,"slug":"drug-trafficking","urlSafeValue":"drug-trafficking","title":"Drug-trafficking","titleRaw":"Drug-trafficking"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2841715},{"id":2838970},{"id":2849360}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/11\/24\/us-to-designate-alleged-maduro-led-venezuelan-cartel-a-terrorist-organisation","lastModified":1764000243},{"id":2845900,"cid":9545373,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA MILITARY PREP FOR US","daletPyramidId":3279370,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuela carries out military exercises amid fears of US strikes ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Venezuela carries out military exercises amid fears of US strikes ","titleListing2":"Venezuela carries out military exercises amid fears of US strikes ","leadin":"The regime of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has said it is preparing its armed forces in case of an attack by the US.","summary":"The regime of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has said it is preparing its armed forces in case of an attack by the US.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuela-carries-out-military-exercises-amid-fears-of-us-strikes","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/12\/venezuela-carries-out-military-exercises-amid-fears-of-us-strikes","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuela says it has begun large-scale military exercises with the goal of protecting its airspace against potential foreign aggression.\n\nThe army, militias, police and community leaders affiliated to the government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro are said to be involved in the drills, which started throughout the country on Tuesday.\n\n\u201cWe will continue in our determination to prepare ourselves to defend our homeland in all areas, whatever the threat, its intensity, its proportion,\u201d said Venezuelan Defence Minister General Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez in statements broadcast on state television.\n\nThese manoeuvres are taking place in the context of growing tension with the US, following the Trump administration's order to send warships close to Venezuela.\n\nThe US has conducted multiple air strikes on ships in the Caribbean in recent months, including one announced by US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth earlier this week.\n\nHegseth said the latest attack targeted two alleged drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, killing six people.\n\nAt least 75 people have been killed in a total of 19 strikes since the Trump administration launched its anti-drug offensive in the region.\n\nSome see the move as a pressure tactic against the Venezuelan president, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the US.\n\nMaduro has accused the US government of \u201cfabricating\u201d a war against him.\n\nIncreased focus on military training since US strikes began\n\nThe US strikes, which began in early September, initially targeted vessels in the Caribbean Sea, but the focus has increasingly shifted to ships in the eastern Pacific, where much of the cocaine from the world\u2019s largest producers is smuggled.\n\nTrump has justified the strikes by saying the United States is in \u201carmed conflict\u201d with drug cartels and by claiming the boats are operated by foreign terror organisations that are flooding America's cities with drugs.\n\nHis administration has provided no evidence for its assertions, and US politicians, including Republicans, have pressed for more information on who is being targeted and the legal justification for the strikes.\n\nMaduro began mobilising his country's military not long after the strikes began in September. He has launched a campaign urging civilians to enlist, claiming that there is a threat of a US invasion.\n\nOn a visit to an enlistment site in late September, Padrino L\u00f3pez, the Venezuelan defence minister, called on his compatriots to defend themselves \"from imperialist aggression against Venezuela\".\n\nVenezuela\u2019s civilian militias were created by the late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez to integrate volunteers into national defence efforts.\n\nMembers receive military training and often participate in large-scale exercises.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuela says it has begun large-scale military exercises with the goal of protecting its airspace against potential foreign aggression.<\/p>\n<p>The army, militias, police and community leaders affiliated to the government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro are said to be involved in the drills, which started throughout the country on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue in our determination to prepare ourselves to defend our homeland in all areas, whatever the threat, its intensity, its proportion,\u201d said Venezuelan Defence Minister General Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez in statements broadcast on state television.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//30//74//808x539_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg/" alt=\"Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez speaks during military exercises in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/1920x1280_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez speaks during military exercises in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Ariana Cubillos<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>These manoeuvres are taking place in the context of growing tension with the US, following the Trump administration's order to send warships close to Venezuela. <\/p>\n<p>The US has conducted multiple air strikes on ships in the Caribbean in recent months, including one announced by US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said the latest attack targeted two alleged drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, killing six people. <\/p>\n<p>At least 75 people have been killed in a total of 19 strikes since the Trump administration launched its anti-drug offensive in the region. <\/p>\n<p>Some see the move as a pressure tactic against the Venezuelan president, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the US. <\/p>\n<p>Maduro has accused the US government of \u201cfabricating\u201d a war against him.<\/p>\n<h2>Increased focus on military training since US strikes began<\/h2>\n<p>The US strikes, which began in early September, initially targeted vessels in the Caribbean Sea, but the focus has increasingly shifted to ships in the eastern Pacific, where much of the cocaine from the world\u2019s largest producers is smuggled. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has justified the strikes by saying the United States is in \u201carmed conflict\u201d with drug cartels and by claiming the boats are operated by foreign terror organisations that are flooding America's cities with drugs.<\/p>\n<p>His administration has provided no evidence for its assertions, and US politicians, including Republicans, have pressed for more information on who is being targeted and the legal justification for the strikes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//53//73//808x539_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg/" alt=\"A woman holds up a national flag during military exercises in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/384x256_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/640x427_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/750x500_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/828x552_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/1080x720_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/1200x800_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/1920x1280_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman holds up a national flag during military exercises in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Jesus Vargas<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Maduro began mobilising his country's military not long after the strikes began in September. He has launched a campaign urging civilians to enlist, claiming that there is a threat of a US invasion.<\/p>\n<p>On a visit to an enlistment site in late September, Padrino L\u00f3pez, the Venezuelan defence minister, called on his compatriots to defend themselves \"from imperialist aggression against Venezuela\". <\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s civilian militias were created by the late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez to integrate volunteers into national defence efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Members receive military training and often participate in large-scale exercises.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762929865,"updatedAt":1762942624,"publishedAt":1762940687,"firstPublishedAt":1762940687,"lastPublishedAt":1762940687,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7794cbad-8936-5616-a65b-057d8c99f958-9545373.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, center, speaks during military exercises in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.","caption":"Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, center, speaks during military exercises in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Jesus Vargas","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/53\/73\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_14baf3b8-93c5-51b5-8e51-47f3b1a8b819-9545373.jpg","altText":"A woman holds up a national flag during military exercises in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.","caption":"A woman holds up a national flag during military exercises in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Jesus Vargas","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/30\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_63727de5-1b80-5f4a-8534-c74c2b4a36b0-9513074.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez speaks during military exercises in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2025.","caption":"Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez speaks during military exercises in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Ariana Cubillos","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3513,"urlSafeValue":"emma.de-ruiter@euronews.com","title":"Emma De Ruiter","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":9515,"slug":"drug-trafficking","urlSafeValue":"drug-trafficking","title":"Drug-trafficking","titleRaw":"Drug-trafficking"},{"id":13363,"slug":"united-states","urlSafeValue":"united-states","title":"United States ","titleRaw":"United States "},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2841715},{"id":2838970},{"id":2849360}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"QCOOwW0qmwY","dailymotionId":"x9tn6ru"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/29\/09\/02\/03\/ED_PYR_2909023_20251112094643.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":11848781,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/29\/09\/02\/03\/SHD_PYR_2909023_20251112094643.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":16755387,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/29\/09\/02\/03\/FHD_PYR_2909023_20251112094643.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":48899032,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":{"id":516,"urlSafeValue":"caracas-venezuela","title":"Caracas, Venezuela"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/11\/12\/venezuela-carries-out-military-exercises-amid-fears-of-us-strikes","lastModified":1762940687},{"id":2841715,"cid":9526638,"versionId":11,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"US WARSHIP DOCKS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO","daletPyramidId":3115876,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago amid rising tensions with Venezuela","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US warship docks in Trinidad amid rising tensions with Venezuela","titleListing2":"US warship docks in Trinidad amid rising tensions with Venezuela","leadin":"Government officials from the twin-island nation and the US announced that the massive warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday, allowing both countries to conduct training exercises.","summary":"Government officials from the twin-island nation and the US announced that the massive warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday, allowing both countries to conduct training exercises.","keySentence":"","url":"us-warship-docks-in-trinidad-and-tobago-fueling-more-concern-of-likely-military-action-on-","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/27\/us-warship-docks-in-trinidad-and-tobago-fueling-more-concern-of-likely-military-action-on-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A US warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s capital on Sunday, as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighbouring Venezuela and its president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\n\nThe arrival of the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation, comes in addition to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticised the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the US government to fabricate \u201ca new eternal war\u201d against his country.\n\nAccording to government officials from Trinidad and Tobago and the US, the massive warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday, allowing both countries to conduct training exercises.\n\nA statement from the US Embassy Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Jenifer Neidhart de Ortiz said the exercises seek to \u201caddress shared threats like transnational crime and build resilience through training, humanitarian missions, and security efforts.\u201d\n\nWhile a senior military official in Trinidad and Tobago is quoted in the media as saying that the move was only recently scheduled.\n\nIn Venezuela, the Foreign Ministry released a statement warning that the \"dangerous conduct of military exercises\" in a neighbouring country's waters is a \"hostile provocation\" against the South American nation and a \"serious threat\" to the Caribbean area.\n\nTrinidadians protest US warship presence\n\nMeanwhile, dozens of people in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday staged a demonstration outside the US Embassy to criticise the warship\u2019s docking in town and call for peace.\n\nDavid Abdulah, the leader of the Movement for Social Justice political party, said Trinidad and Tobago should not have allowed the warship into its waters.\n\n\u201cThis is a warship in Trinidad, which will be anchored here for several days just miles off Venezuela when there\u2019s a threat of war,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s an abomination.\u201d\n\nThis view, however, contrasts with that of the twin-island nation's prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who has been a vocal supporter of the US military presence and its deadly strikes on suspected drug boats in waters off Venezuela.\n\nAnd while a regional trade bloc, Caricom, comprising 15 Caribbean countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, has called for dialogue, Persad-Bissessar has said the region is not a zone of peace, citing the number of murders and other violent crimes.\n\nThe warship docking follows a warning from the US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago to Americans not to enter US federal buildings there.\n\nAccording to local officials, the warning was issued in response to a purported threat against Americans.\n\nUS President Donald Trump accuses Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, without providing evidence, of being the leader of the organised crime gang Tren de Aragua, justifying his military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean waters.\n\nSome 37 people have been killed so far in nine US strikes on boats in the Caribbean, according to the Pentagon.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A US warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s capital on Sunday, as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighbouring Venezuela and its president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation, comes in addition to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticised the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the US government to fabricate \u201ca new eternal war\u201d against his country.<\/p>\n<p>According to government officials from Trinidad and Tobago and the US, the massive warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday, allowing both countries to conduct training exercises.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the US Embassy Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Jenifer Neidhart de Ortiz said the exercises seek to \u201caddress shared threats like transnational crime and build resilience through training, humanitarian missions, and security efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a senior military official in Trinidad and Tobago is quoted in the media as saying that the move was only recently scheduled. <\/p>\n<p>In Venezuela, the Foreign Ministry released a statement warning that the \"dangerous conduct of military exercises\" in a neighbouring country's waters is a \"hostile provocation\" against the South American nation and a \"serious threat\" to the Caribbean area.<\/p>\n<h2>Trinidadians protest US warship presence<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, dozens of people in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday staged a demonstration outside the US Embassy to criticise the warship\u2019s docking in town and call for peace. <\/p>\n<p>David Abdulah, the leader of the Movement for Social Justice political party, said Trinidad and Tobago should not have allowed the warship into its waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a warship in Trinidad, which will be anchored here for several days just miles off Venezuela when there\u2019s a threat of war,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s an abomination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This view, however, contrasts with that of the twin-island nation's prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who has been a vocal supporter of the US military presence and its deadly strikes on suspected drug boats in waters off Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>And while a regional trade bloc, Caricom, comprising 15 Caribbean countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, has called for dialogue, Persad-Bissessar has said the region is not a zone of peace, citing the number of murders and other violent crimes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//24//us-sending-aircraft-carrier-to-south-america-pentagon-says-in-major-escalation-of-military/">US sending aircraft carrier to South America, Pentagon says in major escalation of military buildup<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//16//trump-confirms-us-conducting-cia-covert-operations-inside-venezuela/">Trump says US conducting CIA covert operations inside Venezuela<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The warship docking follows a warning from the US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago to Americans not to enter US federal buildings there. <\/p>\n<p>According to local officials, the warning was issued in response to a purported threat against Americans.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump accuses Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, without providing evidence, of being the leader of the organised crime gang Tren de Aragua, justifying his military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean waters.<\/p>\n<p>Some 37 people have been killed so far in nine US strikes on boats in the Caribbean, according to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761538890,"updatedAt":1761552547,"publishedAt":1761541716,"firstPublishedAt":1761541716,"lastPublishedAt":1761552546,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/66\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_95fdbcf2-c41c-5458-ad30-11de25e4b225-9526638.jpg","altText":"The USS Gravely destroyer arrives to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Robert Taylor)","caption":"The USS Gravely destroyer arrives to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Robert Taylor)","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3472,"urlSafeValue":"jeremiah.fisayo@euronews.com","title":"Jeremiah Fisayo-Bambi","twitter":"@fisayobambi"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":282,"slug":"trinidad-and-tobago","urlSafeValue":"trinidad-and-tobago","title":"Trinidad and Tobago","titleRaw":"Trinidad and Tobago"},{"id":13363,"slug":"united-states","urlSafeValue":"united-states","title":"United States ","titleRaw":"United States "},{"id":20650,"slug":"warship","urlSafeValue":"warship","title":"warship","titleRaw":"warship"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2844702},{"id":2845900}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"EEeAHJQSYF8","dailymotionId":"x9sq9p2"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/27\/79\/72\/04\/ED_PYR_2779724_20251027075931.mp4","editor":"","duration":72000,"filesizeBytes":13672515,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/27\/79\/72\/04\/SHD_PYR_2779724_20251027075931.mp4","editor":"","duration":72000,"filesizeBytes":19253964,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/27\/79\/72\/04\/FHD_PYR_2779724_20251027075931.mp4","editor":"","duration":72000,"filesizeBytes":57751631,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/10\/27\/us-warship-docks-in-trinidad-and-tobago-fueling-more-concern-of-likely-military-action-on-","lastModified":1761552546},{"id":2838812,"cid":9512034,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"US VENEZUELA NARCO BOAT DEATHS","daletPyramidId":3008544,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Latest US 'narco boat' strike kills six off Venezuelan coast","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Latest US 'narco boat' strike kills six off Venezuelan coast","titleListing2":"US kills six off Venezuela in strike on alleged drug-trafficking boat","leadin":"The US president confirmed the attack, citing intelligence on narcotics trafficking. This marks the fifth strike since September, totalling 27 deaths.","summary":"The US president confirmed the attack, citing intelligence on narcotics trafficking. This marks the fifth strike since September, totalling 27 deaths.","keySentence":"","url":"latest-us-narco-boat-strike-kills-six-off-venezuelan-coast","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/15\/latest-us-narco-boat-strike-kills-six-off-venezuelan-coast","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The US has struck another boat suspected of transporting drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, killing six people and bringing the reported number of deaths in such strikes to 27.\n\nIn a post on his Truth Social platform, US President Donald Trump confirmed the hit took place on Tuesday morning, saying that his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the \u201clethal kinetic strike\u201d.\n\nTrump said \u201cintelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics\u201d and \u201cwas associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks\u201d. No further evidence was provided.\n\nAs he has done with similar incidents in recent weeks, Trump also published a video showing a small boat exploding after being hit by a projectile.\n\nIt is the fifth known strike conducted by the US since early September as part of its crackdown on drug smugglers in the region.\n\nThe US has not released information about the identity of those who have died in the attacks. It has also not said what the boats were carrying or where they were heading.\n\nA leaked memo sent to Congress recently revealed that the US government sees itself as being involved in a \u201cnon-international armed conflict\u201d with drug cartels.\n\nMotion to stop the strikes fails\n\nLast week, a motion to prevent the Trump administration from conducting the strikes without congressional approval failed to gain enough votes in the Senate.\n\nDemocratic Senator Adam Schiff, of California, who pushed for the resolution, warned on X that the US should be careful.\n\n\u201cThese continued strikes, 27 killed to date, risk getting the US into a full-fledged war,\u201d he said.\n\nMeanwhile, James Story, the former US ambassador for the Venezuela Affairs Unit from 2018 to 2023, expressed fears that the strikes would be counterproductive, noting that they would \u201churt our ability to gather intelligence\u201d from allies like Colombia, who have criticised its actions in the Caribbean Sea.\n\n\u201cIf they believe that the intelligence they provide us will result in what some could describe as an extrajudicial killing ... that puts us in a pretty bad spot,\u201d Story said.\n\n\u201cIt puts us in contravention with international law and it undermines our ability to work in the hemisphere,\u201d he added.\n\nMembers of the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, have dismissed allegations of extrajudicial killings.\n\nThe first US attack against alleged drug traffickers killed 11 people on 2 September, followed by further strikes on 15 September, 19 September and 3 October.\n\nVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly accused the US, which has increased its military presence in the southern Caribbean, of attempting to remove him from power.\n\nIn August, Washington doubled a reward for information leading to Maduro\u2019s arrest to $50 million (\u20ac43m).\n\nThe Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan strongman leader has ties to drug traffickers, an allegation he denies.\n\nMaduro cracking down on dissent?\n\nMeanwhile, on Monday afternoon, Venezuelan human rights activist Yendri Vel\u00e1squez and political consultant Luis Peche Arteaga were shot while leaving a building in the north of Bogota by two unidentified people waiting for them in a car.\n\nIt was not immediately clear who was behind their shooting. Colombian authorities said they were investigating the attack.\n\nThe hit-style shooting of two Venezuelan activists in Colombia's capital is fuelling fears among Venezuela's diaspora that a crackdown on dissent by Maduro is seeping beyond the South American nation's borders.\n\nThe two men were among an exodus of political opposition and civil society leaders who fled Venezuela after Maduro was widely accused of stealing last year's election, and the government detained more than 2,000 people, including human rights defenders and critics.\n\nRecently, Venezuela has once again come roaring into the spotlight. Days before the attack, opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize by a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament.\n\nThe same day of the shooting, Maduro announced he was closing the Venezuelan embassy in Oslo in what is believed to be an act of retaliation.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The US has struck another boat suspected of transporting drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, killing six people and bringing the reported number of deaths in such strikes to 27. <\/p>\n<p>In a post on his Truth Social platform, US President Donald Trump confirmed the hit took place on Tuesday morning, saying that his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the \u201clethal kinetic strike\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Trump said \u201cintelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics\u201d and \u201cwas associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks\u201d. No further evidence was provided.<\/p>\n<p>As he has done with similar incidents in recent weeks, Trump also published a video showing a small boat exploding after being hit by a projectile. <\/p>\n<p>It is the fifth known strike conducted by the US since early September as part of its crackdown on drug smugglers in the region. <\/p>\n<p>The US has not released information about the identity of those who have died in the attacks. It has also not said what the boats were carrying or where they were heading. <\/p>\n<p>A leaked memo sent to Congress recently revealed that the US government sees itself as being involved in a \u201cnon-international armed conflict\u201d with drug cartels. <\/p>\n<h2>Motion to stop the strikes fails<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, a motion to prevent the Trump administration from conducting the strikes without congressional approval failed to gain enough votes in the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, of California, who pushed for the resolution, warned on X that the US should be careful. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese continued strikes, 27 killed to date, risk getting the US into a full-fledged war,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, James Story, the former US ambassador for the Venezuela Affairs Unit from 2018 to 2023, expressed fears that the strikes would be counterproductive, noting that they would \u201churt our ability to gather intelligence\u201d from allies like Colombia, who have criticised its actions in the Caribbean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they believe that the intelligence they provide us will result in what some could describe as an extrajudicial killing ... that puts us in a pretty bad spot,\u201d Story said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt puts us in contravention with international law and it undermines our ability to work in the hemisphere,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Members of the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, have dismissed allegations of extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//17//trump-warns-fight-against-narcoterrorist-cartels-is-to-escalate/">Trump warns fight against South American 'narcoterrorist' cartels will escalate<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//16//us-military-again-strikes-boat-allegedly-carrying-drugs-from-venezuela-killing-three-peopl/">US military strikes another Venezuelan boat in drug operation, Trump confirms<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The first US attack against alleged drug traffickers killed 11 people on 2 September, followed by further strikes on 15 September, 19 September and 3 October. <\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly accused the US, which has increased its military presence in the southern Caribbean, of attempting to remove him from power. <\/p>\n<p>In August, Washington doubled a reward for information leading to Maduro\u2019s arrest to $50 million (\u20ac43m). <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan strongman leader has ties to drug traffickers, an allegation he denies. <\/p>\n<h2>Maduro cracking down on dissent?<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Monday afternoon, Venezuelan human rights activist Yendri Vel\u00e1squez and political consultant Luis Peche Arteaga were shot while leaving a building in the north of Bogota by two unidentified people waiting for them in a car.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear who was behind their shooting. Colombian authorities said they were investigating the attack. <\/p>\n<p>The hit-style shooting of two Venezuelan activists in Colombia's capital is fuelling fears among Venezuela's diaspora that a crackdown on dissent by Maduro is seeping beyond the South American nation's borders.<\/p>\n<p>The two men were among an exodus of political opposition and civil society leaders who fled Venezuela after Maduro was widely accused of stealing last year's election, and the government detained more than 2,000 people, including human rights defenders and critics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//14//venezuela-to-close-embassy-in-norway-after-opposition-leader-wins-nobel-peace-prize/">Venezuela to close embassy in Norway after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//22//venezuela-shows-off-russian-fighter-jets-in-caribbean-military-exercise-amid-tensions-with/">Venezuela shows off Russian fighter jets in Caribbean military exercise amid tensions with US <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Recently, Venezuela has once again come roaring into the spotlight. Days before the attack, opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize by a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament. <\/p>\n<p>The same day of the shooting, Maduro announced he was closing the Venezuelan embassy in Oslo in what is believed to be an act of retaliation.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760522897,"updatedAt":1760530428,"publishedAt":1760525380,"firstPublishedAt":1760525380,"lastPublishedAt":1760530428,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/20\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1f41241b-d134-56eb-a9c0-bcc495c0e831-9512034.jpg","altText":"FILE: A US service member walks past a former military battery during joint drills at Fort Sherman, a former US Army base, in Colon, 19 August 2025","caption":"FILE: A US service member walks past a former military battery during joint drills at Fort Sherman, a former US Army base, in Colon, 19 August 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1808,"height":1017}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3272,"urlSafeValue":"sullivan","title":"Rory Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":9515,"slug":"drug-trafficking","urlSafeValue":"drug-trafficking","title":"Drug-trafficking","titleRaw":"Drug-trafficking"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":15554,"slug":"airstrike","urlSafeValue":"airstrike","title":"Airstrike","titleRaw":"Airstrike"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2841345}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/10\/15\/latest-us-narco-boat-strike-kills-six-off-venezuelan-coast","lastModified":1760530428},{"id":2838497,"cid":9509684,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA CLOSES EMBASSY IN NORWAY","daletPyramidId":2994595,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuela to close embassy in Norway after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Venezuela to shut Norway embassy after Nobel win for opposition leader","titleListing2":"Venezuela to close embassy in Norway after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize","leadin":"The development comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.","summary":"The development comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuela-to-close-embassy-in-norway-after-opposition-leader-wins-nobel-peace-prize","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/14\/venezuela-to-close-embassy-in-norway-after-opposition-leader-wins-nobel-peace-prize","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuela has said it will close its embassy in Norway, days after opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.\n\nNorway's foreign ministry said that the Venezuelan embassy had not given any explanation for its decision on Monday.\n\n\"It is regrettable. Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue open with Venezuela and will continue to work in this direction,\" a foreign ministry spokesperson said.\n\nThe ministry emphasised that the Nobel committee responsible for the prize is entirely separate from the Norwegian government.\n\nMachado was announced as the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday for her fight to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation.\n\nThe 58-year-old, who has been in hiding over the past year, was disqualified from standing in last year\u2019s election in Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner despite credible evidence to the contrary, sparking huge protests that were met with a violent crackdown by the government\n\nMachado dedicated her Nobel victory to the \"suffering people of Venezuela and to President Donald Trump for his decisive support of our cause\". There had been speculation about Trump winning the prize, partly fuelled by the US president himself.\n\nIn addition to Norway, Venezuela's government also announced on Monday that it would close its embassy in Australia and open new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.\n\nIt described the African countries as \"two sister nations, strategic allies in the anti-colonial fight and in the resistance against hegemonic pressures.\"\n\nThe decision to close the embassies in Australia and Norway \u2014 two major US allies \u2014 comes amid rising tensions between Caracas and Washington.\n\nThe US clashed with Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday, with the Trump administration vowing to use its \"full might\" to wipe out drug cartels and the Maduro government saying it anticipates \"an armed attack\".\n\nVenezuela asked for the meeting of the UN's most powerful body following deadly US military strikes on four boats that Washington claims were transporting drugs.\n\nCaracas has accused Trump of seeking to topple Maduro and threatening \"peace, security and stability regionally and internationally\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuela has said it will close its embassy in Norway, days after opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.<\/p>\n<p>Norway's foreign ministry said that the Venezuelan embassy had not given any explanation for its decision on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\"It is regrettable. Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue open with Venezuela and will continue to work in this direction,\" a foreign ministry spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry emphasised that the Nobel committee responsible for the prize is entirely separate from the Norwegian government.<\/p>\n<p>Machado was announced as the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday for her fight to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//17//trump-warns-fight-against-narcoterrorist-cartels-is-to-escalate/">Trump warns fight against South American 'narcoterrorist' cartels will escalate<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//16//us-military-again-strikes-boat-allegedly-carrying-drugs-from-venezuela-killing-three-peopl/">US military strikes another Venezuelan boat in drug operation, Trump confirms<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The 58-year-old, who has been in hiding over the past year, was disqualified from standing in last year\u2019s election in Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner despite credible evidence to the contrary, sparking huge protests that were met with a violent crackdown by the government<\/p>\n<p>Machado dedicated her Nobel victory to the \"suffering people of Venezuela and to President Donald Trump for his decisive support of our cause\". There had been speculation about Trump winning the prize, partly fuelled by the US president himself. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to Norway, Venezuela's government also announced on Monday that it would close its embassy in Australia and open new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe. <\/p>\n<p>It described the African countries as \"two sister nations, strategic allies in the anti-colonial fight and in the resistance against hegemonic pressures.\"<\/p>\n<p>The decision to close the embassies in Australia and Norway \u2014 two major US allies \u2014 comes amid rising tensions between Caracas and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The US clashed with Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday, with the Trump administration vowing to use its \"full might\" to wipe out drug cartels and the Maduro government saying it anticipates \"an armed attack\".<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela asked for the meeting of the UN's most powerful body following deadly US military<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////apnews.com//article//trump-boat-strikes-drug-cartels-4f7f66714cf303fcaf2c4bb2fc30a9a0/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <\/a>strikes on four boats that Washington claims were transporting drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Caracas has accused Trump of seeking to topple Maduro and threatening \"peace, security and stability regionally and internationally\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760433130,"updatedAt":1760445057,"publishedAt":1760436799,"firstPublishedAt":1760436799,"lastPublishedAt":1760436799,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/96\/84\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6b3264d6-d7a9-54c5-a1c4-a212c720b170-9509684.jpg","altText":"FILE - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves from atop a truck in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 25, 2024","caption":"FILE - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves from atop a truck in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 25, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Matias Delacroix\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":215,"slug":"norway","urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","titleRaw":"Norway"},{"id":17212,"slug":"nobel-peace-prize","urlSafeValue":"nobel-peace-prize","title":"Nobel\u00a0Peace\u00a0Prize","titleRaw":"Nobel\u00a0Peace\u00a0Prize"},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":29242,"slug":"maria-corina-machado","urlSafeValue":"maria-corina-machado","title":"Maria Corina Machado","titleRaw":"Maria Corina Machado"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2842276}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"5nN5Rf0DhNw","dailymotionId":"x9s4gt6"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/26\/83\/28\/02\/ED_PYR_2683282_20251014123059.mp4","editor":"","duration":0,"filesizeBytes":13250846,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/26\/83\/28\/02\/SHD_PYR_2683282_20251014123059.mp4","editor":"","duration":0,"filesizeBytes":18932312,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/26\/83\/28\/02\/FHD_PYR_2683282_20251014123059.mp4","editor":"","duration":0,"filesizeBytes":51088353,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/10\/14\/venezuela-to-close-embassy-in-norway-after-opposition-leader-wins-nobel-peace-prize","lastModified":1760436799},{"id":2832833,"cid":9476044,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Venezuela exibs russian fighter planes","daletPyramidId":2770147,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuela shows off Russian fighter jets in Caribbean military exercise amid tensions with US ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Venezuela shows off Russian fighter jets amid rising tensions with US","titleListing2":"Venezuela shows off Russian fighter jets in Caribbean military exercise amid tensions with US ","leadin":"Venezuela deployed over 2,500 troops and Russian-made fighter jets to La Orchila for military exercises, escalating tensions after Trump announced further US attacks on Venezuelan vessels.","summary":"Venezuela deployed over 2,500 troops and Russian-made fighter jets to La Orchila for military exercises, escalating tensions after Trump announced further US attacks on Venezuelan vessels.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuela-shows-off-russian-fighter-jets-in-caribbean-military-exercise-amid-tensions-with","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/09\/22\/venezuela-shows-off-russian-fighter-jets-in-caribbean-military-exercise-amid-tensions-with","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuela deployed more than 2,500 troops to the Caribbean island of La Orchila for military exercises featuring Russian-made fighter jets armed with anti-ship missiles, escalating tensions after President Donald Trump announced US attacks on three Venezuelan vessels.\n\nVenezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino said the \"Caribe Soberano 200\" manoeuvres involve 12 ships, 22 aircraft and around 20 vessels conducting amphibious landings and air operations.\n\nState television broadcast images of the exercises, which began on Wednesday in response to US warship deployments in the region.\n\nRussian arsenal and military capabilities\n\nVenezuelan Air Force has also released footage of Sukhoi Su-30 fighters equipped with Russian Kh-31 Krypton anti-ship missiles.\n\nThe aircraft belong to the 13th Fighter Air Group and represent part of Venezuela's 21 Su-30MK2 fighters, though operational numbers remain unclear due to economic constraints.\n\nVenezuela acquired the anti-ship missiles from Russia between 2007 and 2008, according to the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies.\n\nThe International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank confirmed Venezuela operates both anti-ship and anti-radar versions of the Kh-31 system.\n\nThe exercises followed Trump's announcement that US forces attacked three Caribbean vessels allegedly carrying Venezuelan drugs.\n\nWashington maintains its naval deployment includes three destroyers, cruiser Lake Erie, amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima and a nuclear submarine on counter-narcotics missions.\n\n'Worst in the world insane asylums'\n\nTrump demanded on Truth Social that Venezuela accept all prisoners and people from mental health institutions, which includes the worst in the world insane asylums,\" currently in the United States.\n\nThe US previously placed a $50 million (\u20ac42.4m) bounty on President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro for alleged drug trafficking involvement.\n\nMaduro claims the US deployment seeks regime change and has mobilised millions of militia members nationwide. He warned last month that \"no empire will touch Venezuela's sacred soil\" amid escalating rhetoric between the governments.\n\nSpecial envoy Richard Grenell said Tuesday the US still believes a diplomatic resolution remains possible to avoid military conflict. The standoff represents the latest confrontation between Washington and Caracas over regional influence and domestic Venezuelan politics.\n\nVenezuelan officials described the military exercises as defensive measures against perceived US aggression in Caribbean waters, which fall within Venezuela's sphere of influence.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuela deployed more than 2,500 troops to the Caribbean island of La Orchila for military exercises featuring Russian-made fighter jets armed with anti-ship missiles, escalating tensions after President Donald Trump announced US attacks on three Venezuelan vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino said the \"Caribe Soberano 200\" manoeuvres involve 12 ships, 22 aircraft and around 20 vessels conducting amphibious landings and air operations. <\/p>\n<p>State television broadcast images of the exercises, which began on Wednesday in response to US warship deployments in the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Russian arsenal and military capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>Venezuelan Air Force has also released footage of Sukhoi Su-30 fighters equipped with Russian Kh-31 Krypton anti-ship missiles. <\/p>\n<p>The aircraft belong to the 13th Fighter Air Group and represent part of Venezuela's 21 Su-30MK2 fighters, though operational numbers remain unclear due to economic constraints.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//47//60//41//808x454_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg/" alt=\"Kh-31 Kry`pton Russian anti-ship missile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/384x216_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/640x360_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/750x422_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/828x466_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/1080x608_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/1200x675_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/41\/1920x1080_cmsv2_887175fa-4761-575d-b86b-fe6e271a7d5a-9476041.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Russian Kh-31 Kry`pton anti-ship missile<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Panther - \u041c\u0410\u041a\u0421-2003 - Wikipedia CCSA 3.0<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Venezuela acquired the anti-ship missiles from Russia between 2007 and 2008, according to the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. <\/p>\n<p>The International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank confirmed Venezuela operates both anti-ship and anti-radar versions of the Kh-31 system.<\/p>\n<p>The exercises followed Trump's announcement that US forces attacked three Caribbean vessels allegedly carrying Venezuelan drugs. <\/p>\n<p>Washington maintains its naval deployment includes three destroyers, cruiser Lake Erie, amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima and a nuclear submarine on counter-narcotics missions.<\/p>\n<h2>'Worst in the world insane asylums'<\/h2>\n<p>Trump demanded on Truth Social that Venezuela accept all prisoners and people from mental health institutions, which includes the worst in the world insane asylums,\" currently in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>The US previously placed a $50 million (\u20ac42.4m) bounty on President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro for alleged drug trafficking involvement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1969459829119807590\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Maduro claims the US deployment seeks regime change and has mobilised millions of militia members nationwide. He warned last month that \"no empire will touch Venezuela's sacred soil\" amid escalating rhetoric between the governments.<\/p>\n<p>Special envoy Richard Grenell said Tuesday the US still believes a diplomatic resolution remains possible to avoid military conflict. The standoff represents the latest confrontation between Washington and Caracas over regional influence and domestic Venezuelan politics.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan officials described the military exercises as defensive measures against perceived US aggression in Caribbean waters, which fall within Venezuela's sphere of influence.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1758446403,"updatedAt":1758544235,"publishedAt":1758543995,"firstPublishedAt":1758543995,"lastPublishedAt":1758544235,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/47\/60\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_feb54bbc-fc9c-5324-b81a-f43999f18587-9476044.jpg","altText":"(FILE IMAGE) Russian Sukhoi Su-30 MKII fighter","caption":"(FILE IMAGE) Russian Sukhoi Su-30 MKII fighter","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1280}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2908,"urlSafeValue":"maturana","title":"Jes\u00fas Maturana","twitter":"matutweet"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":447,"slug":"usa","urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","titleRaw":"USA"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":5231,"slug":"caribbean","urlSafeValue":"caribbean","title":"Caribbean","titleRaw":"Caribbean"},{"id":7898,"slug":"armed-conflicts","urlSafeValue":"armed-conflicts","title":"Armed conflicts","titleRaw":"Armed conflicts"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1},{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2833118}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":9476041,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/09\/22\/venezuela-shows-off-russian-fighter-jets-in-caribbean-military-exercise-amid-tensions-with","lastModified":1758544235},{"id":2827150,"cid":9441749,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA CARTEL USA","daletPyramidId":2563597,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The US brings in a navy fleet to Venezuela's coast \u2014 but does the Suns cartel exist?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump sends navy fleet to Venezuela \u2014 but does the Suns cartel exist?","titleListing2":"As the US brings in a fleet to Venezuela's coast, does the Suns cartel exist?","leadin":"American vessels are expected to arrive off South America next week in an apparent attempt to stop drug trafficking.","summary":"American vessels are expected to arrive off South America next week in an apparent attempt to stop drug trafficking.","keySentence":"","url":"as-the-us-brings-in-a-fleet-to-venezuelas-coast-does-the-suns-cartel-exist","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/08\/29\/as-the-us-brings-in-a-fleet-to-venezuelas-coast-does-the-suns-cartel-exist","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The US is sending ships into the waters off Venezuela as part of an effort to curb drug trafficking from Latin America. \n\nThree amphibious assault vessels are due to reach the region by next week, according to an American defence official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. \n\nThe confirmation of the deployment comes a week after US President Donald Trump confirmed the move, which will see the American military attempt to stop cartels he blames for the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the US. \n\nOne of the cartels Trump thinks is responsible is the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), a group his administration has designated as a terrorist organisation, despite doubts that it even exists. \n\nWhat is the Cartel of the Suns? \n\nIn July, the Trump administration suggested that the Cartel of the Suns was led by the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and was backed by other \u201cother high-ranking Venezuelan individuals\u201d. \n\nThe US government claimed the so-called cartel supports criminal groups such as Venezuela\u2019s Tren de Aragua and Mexico\u2019s Sinaloa Cartel by weaponising drug trafficking against the US. \n\nBoth Venezuela and its neighbour Colombia insist that the group has no basis in reality, while Washington\u2019s allies in the region, including Argentina and Paraguay, have fallen behind Trump\u2019s position. \n\nExperts say that there is no evidence of a group of that name with a defined hierarchy, while an anti-drug report from the US State Department in March did not mention it by name. \n\nInsight Crime, a think tank that specialises in corruption in the Americas, said earlier this month that the US\u2019 sanctions against the Cartel of the Suns were misdirected. \n\n\u201cThe US government\u2019s new sanctions against Venezuela\u2019s so-called 'Cartel of the Suns' incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven drug trafficking organisation rather than a profit-based system of generalised corruption involving high-ranking military figures,\u201d it wrote. \n\nThe name, which refers to the suns depicted on Venezuelan military uniforms, was invented by the Venezuelan media after two generals were found to have been involved in drug trafficking in the early 1990s, according to the think tank. \n\nUS and Venezuela\u2019s tense relationship \n\nThe relationship between Washington and Caracas has long been strained, with US officials decrying what they called undemocratic elections last year, which gave Maduro a third presidential term. \n\nThe US also strongly condemned the Venezuelan government\u2019s crackdown on protesters after the elections. Several thousand demonstrators were jailed after the disputed vote last July. \n\nThe Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose ally Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is recognised by the US as the winner of the 2024 election, has expressed her support for Washington's latest policies regarding Venezuela. \n\nMeanwhile, Maduro and his supporters have stoked fears about a potential US invasion, urging people to enlist in a volunteer militia designed to help the army against external attacks. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The US is sending ships into the waters off Venezuela as part of an effort to curb drug trafficking from Latin America. <\/p>\n<p>Three amphibious assault vessels are due to reach the region by next week, according to an American defence official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. <\/p>\n<p>The confirmation of the deployment comes a week after US President Donald Trump confirmed the move, which will see the American military attempt to stop cartels he blames for the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the US. <\/p>\n<p>One of the cartels Trump thinks is responsible is the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), a group his administration has designated as a terrorist organisation, despite doubts that it even exists. <\/p>\n<h2>What is the Cartel of the Suns?<\/h2>\n<p>In July, the Trump administration suggested that the Cartel of the Suns was led by the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and was backed by other \u201cother high-ranking Venezuelan individuals\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The US government claimed the so-called cartel supports criminal groups such as Venezuela\u2019s Tren de Aragua and Mexico\u2019s Sinaloa Cartel by weaponising drug trafficking against the US. <\/p>\n<p>Both Venezuela and its neighbour Colombia insist that the group has no basis in reality, while Washington\u2019s allies in the region, including Argentina and Paraguay, have fallen behind Trump\u2019s position. <\/p>\n<p>Experts say that there is no evidence of a group of that name with a defined hierarchy, while an anti-drug report from the US State Department in March did not mention it by name. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9311844\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//06//02//venezuela-warns-citizens-not-to-travel-to-us/">Venezuela warns citizens not to travel to 'dangerous' US and return home for safety<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Insight Crime, a think tank that specialises in corruption in the Americas, said earlier this month that the US\u2019 sanctions against the Cartel of the Suns were misdirected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US government\u2019s new sanctions against Venezuela\u2019s so-called 'Cartel of the Suns' incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven drug trafficking organisation rather than a profit-based system of generalised corruption involving high-ranking military figures,\u201d it wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The name, which refers to the suns depicted on Venezuelan military uniforms, was invented by the Venezuelan media after two generals were found to have been involved in drug trafficking in the early 1990s, according to the think tank. <\/p>\n<h2>US and Venezuela\u2019s tense relationship<\/h2>\n<p>The relationship between Washington and Caracas has long been strained, with US officials decrying what they called undemocratic elections last year, which gave Maduro a third presidential term. <\/p>\n<p>The US also strongly condemned the Venezuelan government\u2019s crackdown on protesters after the elections. Several thousand demonstrators were jailed after the disputed vote last July. <\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose ally Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is recognised by the US as the winner of the 2024 election, has expressed her support for Washington's latest policies regarding Venezuela. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Maduro and his supporters have stoked fears about a potential US invasion, urging people to enlist in a volunteer militia designed to help the army against external attacks. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1756464460,"updatedAt":1756465835,"publishedAt":1756465656,"firstPublishedAt":1756465656,"lastPublishedAt":1756465835,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/44\/17\/49\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7a825c80-86a3-5166-8a0d-b58da588cc2c-9441749.jpg","altText":"Venezuelans sign up during a national enlistment drive to join the civil militias at a square in Caracas, Venezuela, on 23 August, 2025. ","caption":"Venezuelans sign up during a national enlistment drive to join the civil militias at a square in Caracas, Venezuela, on 23 August, 2025. ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":13574,"slug":"drugs","urlSafeValue":"drugs","title":"Drugs","titleRaw":"Drugs"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2801702},{"id":2803976},{"id":2827147}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/08\/29\/as-the-us-brings-in-a-fleet-to-venezuelas-coast-does-the-suns-cartel-exist","lastModified":1756465835},{"id":2807249,"cid":9319640,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA BOLIVIA TENSIONS","daletPyramidId":1753722,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuela retains Bolivian national football team after South American qualifiers defeat","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Bolivian national football team held in Venezuela on dubious grounds","titleListing2":"#Venezuela holds the Bolivian national football team's flight after defeat in South American qualifiers","leadin":"After losing 2-0 to Venezuela in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Bolivian national team has suffered a different and completely unexpected kind of setback: the authorities of the Maduro regime have prevented their flight from departing without offering clear explanations.","summary":"After losing 2-0 to Venezuela in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Bolivian national team has suffered a different and completely unexpected kind of setback: the authorities of the Maduro regime have prevented their flight from departing without offering clear explanations.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuela-retains-bolivian-national-football-team-after-south-american-qualifiers-defeat","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/06\/07\/venezuela-retains-bolivian-national-football-team-after-south-american-qualifiers-defeat","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After their 2-0 defeat against Venezuela in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, the Bolivian national team has faced a new setback: the Venezuelan authorities have prevented their flight from leaving Maturin airport, without offering clear explanations.\n\nThe Bolivian delegation, which claims it had all the necessary documentation and permits to return to its country, was forced to return to its hotel in the middle of the night after hours of waiting without authorisation to leave Venezuela.\n\nThe technical director of the Venezuelan team, \u00d3scar Villegas, said that the situation took them by surprise, as they had previously asked a Bolivian government minister to coordinate with the Venezuelan government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to facilitate their departure.\n\nHarold Howard, in charge of security and logistics for the team, spoke of \"sabotage\" by the Venezuelan regime, explaining that they were informed of an alleged problem with \"air traffic\" as the reason for the hold-up, despite the fact that there were only two planes landing at the time.\n\nOutrage in Bolivia\n\nThe incident has generated outrage in the Bolivian sporting and political community, which has called on the national authorities to intervene and demand answers from the Venezuelan government.\n\nThe situation has also affected the planning of the Bolivian team, which was scheduled to leave for La Paz at around 5:00 (local time) and train that afternoon ahead of Tuesday's match with Chile in El Alto.\n\nThis episode adds to a series of obstacles and problems that, according to complaints, Maduro's regime has imposed on foreign delegations, displaying a lack of reliability and transparency in the treatment of visiting teams.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>After their 2-0 defeat against Venezuela in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, the Bolivian national team has faced a new setback: the Venezuelan authorities have prevented their flight from leaving Maturin airport, without offering clear explanations.<\/p>\n<p>The Bolivian delegation, which claims it had all the necessary documentation and permits to return to its country, was forced to return to its hotel in the middle of the night after hours of waiting without authorisation to leave Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The technical director of the Venezuelan team, \u00d3scar Villegas, said that the situation took them by surprise, as they had previously asked a Bolivian government minister to coordinate with the Venezuelan government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to facilitate their departure.<\/p>\n<p>Harold Howard, in charge of security and logistics for the team, spoke of \"sabotage\" by the Venezuelan regime, explaining that they were informed of an alleged problem with \"air traffic\" as the reason for the hold-up, despite the fact that there were only two planes landing at the time.<\/p>\n<h2>Outrage in Bolivia<\/h2>\n<p>The incident has generated outrage in the Bolivian sporting and political community, which has called on the national authorities to intervene and demand answers from the Venezuelan government.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has also affected the planning of the Bolivian team, which was scheduled to leave for La Paz at around 5:00 (local time) and train that afternoon ahead of Tuesday's match with Chile in El Alto.<\/p>\n<p>This episode adds to a series of obstacles and problems that, according to complaints, Maduro's regime has imposed on foreign delegations, displaying a lack of reliability and transparency in the treatment of visiting teams.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1749306281,"updatedAt":1749307889,"publishedAt":1749307834,"firstPublishedAt":1749307834,"lastPublishedAt":1749307834,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/31\/96\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6953bc7c-1c6d-5b9a-9768-6082491afb59-9319638.jpg","altText":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.","caption":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2828,"urlSafeValue":"Thykjaer","title":"Christina Thykjaer","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":31,"slug":"bolivia","urlSafeValue":"bolivia","title":"Bolivia","titleRaw":"Bolivia"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":7829,"slug":"sport","urlSafeValue":"sport","title":"Sport","titleRaw":"Sport"},{"id":8257,"slug":"football","urlSafeValue":"football","title":"Football","titleRaw":"Football"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2793588},{"id":2824660}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews en espa\u00f1ol","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":9319638,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/06\/07\/venezuela-retains-bolivian-national-football-team-after-south-american-qualifiers-defeat","lastModified":1749307834},{"id":2803976,"cid":9302038,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA REGIONAL ELECTION RESULT","daletPyramidId":1618759,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Sweeping victory for Venezuela's ruling party in elections boycotted by opposition","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Sweeping victory for ruling party announced in Venezuela's elections","titleListing2":"Sweeping victory for Venezuela's ruling party in elections boycotted by opposition","leadin":"The opposition urged voters to boycott last weekend's regional and parliamentary elections in protest against President Nicolas Maduro's disputed re-election last year.","summary":"The opposition urged voters to boycott last weekend's regional and parliamentary elections in protest against President Nicolas Maduro's disputed re-election last year.","keySentence":"","url":"sweeping-victory-for-venezuelas-ruling-party-in-elections-boycotted-by-opposition","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/26\/sweeping-victory-for-venezuelas-ruling-party-in-elections-boycotted-by-opposition","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuela's ruling party retained its significant majority in Sunday's regional and parliamentary elections, which were largely boycotted by opposition groups protesting the government of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his contested re-election last year.\u00a0\n\nMaduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela won nearly 83% of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), which is widely seen as loyal to the ruling party. \n\nThey also reportedly secured 23 of 24 state governorships.\u00a0\n\nThe political opposition, led by figurehead Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, had urged voters to boycott the election, calling it a \"farce\" designed to legitimise authoritarian rule.\u00a0\n\nMaduro dismissed the boycott.\u00a0\n\n\"What did they win? They lost everything,\" he said regarding previous opposition boycotts. \n\n\"They - the ones running that campaign - are nothing, and Venezuela continues its course.\"\n\nElectoral authorities reported a turnout of 42.66% among the country's 21.4 million registered voters, which would indicate approximately 9.12 million ballots cast.\u00a0\n\nProtests against Maduro\n\nJust two days before the vote, the government arrested at least 70 people it claimed were involved in a plot to obstruct the election. \n\nAmong those arrested was former National Assembly Vice President and opposition leader, Juan Pablo Guanipa.\u00a0\n\nThis was the first nationwide vote with broad voter eligibility since Maduro declared victory in the 2024 presidential election, a result widely questioned by international observers and many Venezuelans.\n\nA nationwide poll conducted between 29 April-4 May by the Venezuela-based firm Delphos found that only 15.9% of voters had expressed a strong likelihood of participating in the regional elections.\u00a0\n\nAmong those who said they would vote, 74.2% supported Maduro's party and its allies, while just 13.8% favoured two opposition candidates who chose not to boycott.\u00a0\n\nMore than 2,000 people, including protesters, election workers, and political activists, have been arrested since Maduro's disputed re-election, according to human rights groups.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuela's ruling party retained its significant majority in Sunday's regional and parliamentary elections, which were largely boycotted by opposition groups protesting the government of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his contested re-election last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela won nearly 83% of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), which is widely seen as loyal to the ruling party. <\/p>\n<p>They also reportedly secured 23 of 24 state governorships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The political opposition, led by figurehead Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, had urged voters to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//05//25//venezuela-holds-legislative-and-local-elections-amid-opposition-boycott-calls/">boycott the election<\/strong><\/a>, calling it a \"farce\" designed to legitimise authoritarian rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maduro dismissed the boycott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"What did they win? They lost everything,\" he said regarding previous opposition boycotts. <\/p>\n<p>\"They - the ones running that campaign - are nothing, and Venezuela continues its course.\"<\/p>\n<p>Electoral authorities reported a turnout of 42.66% among the country's 21.4 million registered voters, which would indicate approximately 9.12 million ballots cast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//30//20//38//808x539_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg/" alt=\"Maria Corina Machado leads a protest against the disputed reelection of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/640x427_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/750x500_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Maria Corina Machado leads a protest against the disputed reelection of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ariana Cubillos\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Protests against Maduro<\/h2>\n<p>Just two days before the vote, the government arrested at least 70 people it claimed were involved in a plot to obstruct the election. <\/p>\n<p>Among those arrested was former National Assembly Vice President and opposition leader, Juan Pablo Guanipa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was the first nationwide vote with broad voter eligibility since Maduro declared victory in the 2024 presidential election, a result <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//05//25//venezuela-holds-legislative-and-local-elections-amid-opposition-boycott-calls/">widely questioned<\/strong><\/a> by international observers and many Venezuelans.<\/p>\n<p>A nationwide poll conducted between 29 April-4 May by the Venezuela-based firm Delphos found that only 15.9% of voters had expressed a strong likelihood of participating in the regional elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among those who said they would vote, 74.2% supported Maduro's party and its allies, while just 13.8% favoured two opposition candidates who chose not to boycott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,000 people, including protesters, election workers, and political activists, have been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//05//25//venezuela-holds-legislative-and-local-elections-amid-opposition-boycott-calls/">arrested since Maduro's disputed re-election, according to human rights groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1748242539,"updatedAt":1748692317,"publishedAt":1748260233,"firstPublishedAt":1748260233,"lastPublishedAt":1748692317,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_97d895e0-b974-5dc7-ab7c-2c9acaf76b91-9302038.jpg","altText":"Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ID to journalists after voting in legislative and local elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 25, 2025. ","caption":"Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ID to journalists after voting in legislative and local elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 25, 2025. ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Cristian Hernandez\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/30\/20\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7c84368b-41ab-549d-97bd-5ac1a656d5be-9302038.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2974,"urlSafeValue":"osullivan-d","title":"David O'Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11939,"slug":"elections","urlSafeValue":"elections","title":"Elections","titleRaw":"Elections"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2789856},{"id":2801702},{"id":2827150}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"IPkwFeswUm8","dailymotionId":"x9k7rco"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/15\/86\/82\/05\/ED_PYR_1586825_20250526112506.mp4","editor":"","duration":90000,"filesizeBytes":16613419,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/15\/86\/82\/05\/SHD_PYR_1586825_20250526112506.mp4","editor":"","duration":90000,"filesizeBytes":23901562,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/15\/86\/82\/05\/FHD_PYR_1586825_20250526112506.mp4","editor":"","duration":90000,"filesizeBytes":72698168,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/05\/26\/sweeping-victory-for-venezuelas-ruling-party-in-elections-boycotted-by-opposition","lastModified":1748692317},{"id":2774482,"cid":9135064,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Venezuela resumes repatriation of migrants","daletPyramidId":954713,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US deportation flights to Venezuela resume after deal reached","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US deportation flights to Venezuela resume after deal reached","titleListing2":"US deportation flights to Venezuela resume after deal reached","leadin":"The first flight carrying 199 migrants from Venezuela from the US landed on Monday.","summary":"The first flight carrying 199 migrants from Venezuela from the US landed on Monday.","keySentence":"","url":"us-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-resume-after-deal-reached","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/24\/us-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-resume-after-deal-reached","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A flight carrying 199 Venezuelan migrants landed Maiquet\u00eda early on Monday, the country's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello told state-run Venezuelan TV. \n\nThe group arrived on plane from Honduras after they were deported from the US. \n\n\"199 compatriots, 199 Venezuelan colleagues returning to their homeland,\" were on board, Cabello told VTV.\n\nThe flight is the first since Venezuelan and US officials struck a deal to resume repatriation flights on Saturday, following a two-week long stand off after Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro suspended flights. \n\nMaduro refused to receive flights from the US carrying deported migrants after US President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil.\n\nThe Venezuelan leader said the decision \"affected\" flights to Venezuela, prompting members of the Trump administration to threaten further sanctions on the country. \n\nVenezuelan officials confirmed on Saturday that a deal between the pair had been reached. \n\n\"We have agreed with the US government to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an initial flight tomorrow, Sunday, March 23,\"\u00a0Jorge Rodr\u00edguez,\u00a0the president of Venezuela's Assembly, posted on social media. \n\nIn his statement, Rodr\u00edguez also referred to the deportation by the Trump administration of some 250 Venezuelans to a high-security prison in El Salvador.\n\nTrump has accused, without providing evidence, those migrants of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang \u2014 a designated US foreign terrorist organisation. \n\n\u201cMigrating is not a crime and we will not rest until we achieve the return of all those who require it and until we rescue our brothers kidnapped in El Salvador,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said.\n\nThe Venezuelan leader also said that he held the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, responsible for the well-being of the Venezuelans deported to that country.\n\n\"You guarantee their health and, sooner rather than later, you have to hand them over and release them, because they are kidnapped,\" Maduro said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A flight carrying 199 Venezuelan migrants landed Maiquet\u00eda early on Monday, the country's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello told state-run Venezuelan TV. <\/p>\n<p>The group arrived on plane from Honduras after they were deported from the US. <\/p>\n<p>\"199 compatriots, 199 Venezuelan colleagues returning to their homeland,\" were on board, Cabello told VTV.<\/p>\n<p>The flight is the first since Venezuelan and US officials struck a deal to resume repatriation flights on Saturday, following a two-week long stand off after Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro suspended flights. <\/p>\n<p>Maduro refused to receive flights from the US carrying deported migrants after US President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil.<\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan leader said the decision \"affected\" flights to Venezuela, prompting members of the Trump administration to threaten further sanctions on the country. <\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan officials confirmed on Saturday that a deal between the pair had been reached. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9118690,9046566\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//16//us-flouts-deports-hundreds-of-venezuelans-to-el-salvador-despite-judges-order/">US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite judge's order<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//11//us-begins-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-as-trump-ramps-up-anti-migration-policies/">US begins deportation flights to Venezuela as Trump ramps up anti-migration policies<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"We have agreed with the US government to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an initial flight tomorrow, Sunday, March 23,\"\u00a0Jorge Rodr\u00edguez,\u00a0the president of Venezuela's Assembly, posted on social media. <\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Rodr\u00edguez also referred to the deportation by the Trump administration of some 250 Venezuelans to a high-security prison in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has accused, without providing evidence, those migrants of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang \u2014 a designated US foreign terrorist organisation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMigrating is not a crime and we will not rest until we achieve the return of all those who require it and until we rescue our brothers kidnapped in El Salvador,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said.<\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan leader also said that he held the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, responsible for the well-being of the Venezuelans deported to that country.<\/p>\n<p>\"You guarantee their health and, sooner rather than later, you have to hand them over and release them, because they are kidnapped,\" Maduro said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1742798661,"updatedAt":1746523960,"publishedAt":1742802299,"firstPublishedAt":1742802299,"lastPublishedAt":1742802299,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/13\/50\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f4aef71f-ec4c-5b11-940f-7fc0232d9b97-9135064.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.","caption":"Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2940,"urlSafeValue":"paternoster","title":"Tamsin Paternoster","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11940,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"news","titleRaw":"news"},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":12035,"slug":"deportation","urlSafeValue":"deportation","title":"Deportation","titleRaw":"Deportation"},{"id":147,"slug":"immigration","urlSafeValue":"immigration","title":"Immigration","titleRaw":"Immigration"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2751926},{"id":2832599}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"AP","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/03\/24\/us-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-resume-after-deal-reached","lastModified":1742802299},{"id":2762482,"cid":9082136,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250303_S5SU_57817779","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"S5-09-Glass Bags - Venezuela Scenes S5 EP09 - Master","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14},{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5}],"status":2,"title":"A Venezuelan designer illuminates the future of fashion with recycled luxury","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"A Venezuelan designer illuminates the future of fashion with recycled luxury","leadin":"Guillermo Garcia shatters the fashion glass ceiling in style. His eponymous label makes designer bags out of recycled glass.","summary":"Guillermo Garcia shatters the fashion glass ceiling in style. His eponymous label makes designer bags out of recycled glass.","keySentence":"","url":"a-venezuelan-designer-illuminates-the-future-of-fashion-with-recycled-luxury","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/03\/03\/a-venezuelan-designer-illuminates-the-future-of-fashion-with-recycled-luxury","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Venezuelan designer rebranded his clothing line to create innovative textiles using recycled glass. He transforms the translucent material into luxury handbags, blending beauty with sustainability.\u00a0\n\nTo give back to his community, Guillermo also supports artistic groups who otherwise would not have the means to do so.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Venezuelan designer rebranded his clothing line to create innovative textiles using recycled glass. He transforms the translucent material into luxury handbags, blending beauty with sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To give back to his community, Guillermo also supports artistic groups who otherwise would not have the means to do so.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1740646396,"updatedAt":1741019771,"publishedAt":1741019422,"firstPublishedAt":1741019422,"lastPublishedAt":1741019429,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Intern 05\/","altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1980,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/08\/21\/36\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8540e886-d95b-50b2-bfb4-f0169366ea73-9082136.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1113}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"Alshahab","twitter":null,"id":2688,"title":"Sharifah Fadhilah Alshahab"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"paris-fashion-week","titleRaw":"Paris Fashion Week","id":18752,"title":"Paris Fashion Week","slug":"paris-fashion-week"},{"urlSafeValue":"sustainable-luxury","titleRaw":"sustainable luxury","id":24414,"title":"sustainable luxury","slug":"sustainable-luxury"},{"urlSafeValue":"sustainable-innovation","titleRaw":"Sustainable innovation","id":20532,"title":"Sustainable innovation","slug":"sustainable-innovation"},{"urlSafeValue":"sanatc-","titleRaw":"artist","id":16196,"title":"artist","slug":"sanatc-"},{"urlSafeValue":"fashion","titleRaw":"Fashion","id":111,"title":"Fashion","slug":"fashion"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2695424},{"id":2683762}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"editorial.media-city"},{"path":"editorial"},{"path":"editorial.qatar-scenes"},{"path":"editorial"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"TiUCcuxZLGI","dailymotionId":"x9fihl2"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":360760,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":46192977,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/S5\/SU\/25\/03\/03\/en\/250303_S5SU_57817779_57817780_360760_084404_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":360760,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":71280977,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/S5\/SU\/25\/03\/03\/en\/250303_S5SU_57817779_57817780_360760_084404_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"},{"duration":360760,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":233458001,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/1080p\/EN\/S5\/SU\/25\/03\/03\/en\/250303_S5SU_57817779_57817780_360760_173102_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"1080p"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Eduardo Le\u00f3n","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"scenes","urlSafeValue":"scenes","title":"Scenes","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-series\/scenes"},"season":"SCENES S05","episode":"Glass Bags - Venezuela Scenes S5 EP09","episodeId":"09","vertical":"culture","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"culture","id":10,"title":"Culture","slug":"culture"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"culture-series","id":"culture-series","title":"Culture Series","url":"\/culture\/culture-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":55,"urlSafeValue":"culture-series","title":"Culture series"},"advertising":1,"advertisingData":{"startDate":1630511520,"endDate":2114355123,"type":"sponsored","slug":"Scenes","title":"Media City - Qatar","disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":"Media City","sponsorName":"Scenes","sponsorUrl":"https:\/\/mediacity.qa\/","sponsorLogo":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/campaigns\/410\/300x114_cmsv2_34d67838-9191-52a0-9a53-1c81081387b0-410.jpg","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/culture\/2025\/03\/03\/a-venezuelan-designer-illuminates-the-future-of-fashion-with-recycled-luxury","lastModified":1741019429},{"id":2762768,"cid":9083630,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Trump urged to strike down legal foundation for US climate regulation","daletPyramidId":714650,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"This key scientific finding underpins US climate action. Now Trump is being urged to ignore it","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump urged to strike down legal foundation for US climate regulation","titleListing2":"This key scientific finding underpins US climate action. Now Trump is being urged to ignore it","leadin":"In the wake of the hottest year on record and dozens of climate-related disasters, the Trump administration is considering repealing findings that link climate change to health.","summary":"In the wake of the hottest year on record and dozens of climate-related disasters, the Trump administration is considering repealing findings that link climate change to health.","keySentence":"","url":"this-key-scientific-finding-underpins-us-climate-action-now-trump-is-being-urged-to-ignore","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/02\/27\/this-key-scientific-finding-underpins-us-climate-action-now-trump-is-being-urged-to-ignore","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As President Trump\u2019s attack on the climate continues, the US is considering repealing an important scientific finding that underpins the country\u2019s climate action.\u00a0\n\nAccording to the Washington Post, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has urged the White House to strike down the 2009 \u2018Endangerment Finding.\u2019\u00a0\n\nThis finding determines that greenhouse gas emissions are a risk to public health, and gives the EPA a legal foundation for regulations to limit planet-warming pollution.\u00a0\n\nWhy does the EPA want to repeal this key climate finding?\n\nOn day one of Trump\u2019s second presidency, he signed a slew of executive orders. This included EO 14154, also known as \u2018Unleashing American Energy.\u2019 Buried in the 20-page document is an instruction to the EPA Administrator which tasked him with reviewing the \u201clegality and continuing applicability of\u201d the Endangerment Finding.\u00a0\n\nIt gave Zeldin 30 days to submit recommendations to the head of the White House budget office, Russell Vought.\u00a0\n\nThe executive order effectively asked the EPA and other agencies to determine whether climate change is a hoax, as Trump has claimed many times in the past. A month on, Administrator Zeldin appears to have made his decision.\n\n\u201cI challenged Lee Zeldin to his face on the endangerment finding,\u201d Senator Ed Markey posted on social media. \u201cI knew he wouldn\u2019t stand up to Trump's fossil fuel donors. If this admin wants to say that climate-fueled hurricanes, wildfires and droughts aren't a danger to our country, the admin itself is a danger to our country.\u201d\n\nIn the wake of the planet\u2019s hottest year on record and multiple climate-related disasters in the US, there is almost certainly going to be some opposition to this move.\u00a0\n\nAccording to NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), in 2024 there were 27 individual weather and climate disasters in the US, causing at least $1 billion in damages. These disasters, it says, were responsible for at least 568 fatalities and cost the US $182.7 billion.\n\n\u201cTargeting the Endangerment Finding is extreme, dangerous, and puts important benefits at risk,\u201d says Peter Zalzal, special projects director and lead attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund. \u201cIt also goes well beyond anything the first Trump administration undertook.\u201d\n\nWhat is the Endangerment Finding?\n\nIn 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the country\u2019s Clean Air Act. It asked the EPA to make a science-based decision on whether they were a danger to public health. Two years later, the EPA issued the Endangerment Finding, which read:\n\n\u201cThe Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases\u2014carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)\u2014in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.\u201d\n\nThis finding has formed the bedrock of the Clean Air Act and 15 years of greenhouse gas reduction in the US. Under this act, the EPA is legally obliged to limit the emissions of any air pollutant that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.\n\nThe finding is backed by a vast amount of scientific data and evidence that climate pollution harms human health. It has been reaffirmed in the US Supreme Court multiple times and provides the foundation for the EPA to protect people from climate-changing pollution.\u00a0\n\nSince it was established, the scientific evidence has only become stronger. National Climate Assessments conducted in 2018 and 2023 confirmed that climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions causes extensive harm throughout the country.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that this anti-science, pro-fossil fuel administration wants to go after the Endangerment Finding,\u201d says Rachel Cleetus, policy director at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u201cThis blatant attempt to do an end-run around scientific evidence deserves to fail.\u201d\n\nCan President Trump dismantle the Endangerment Finding?\n\nDismantling the Endangerment Finding will be difficult but not impossible. The wealth of scientific evidence on which the finding is based would need to be discredited, and robust, compelling evidence to the contrary presented.\n\nGiven the overwhelming consensus on climate change and its risks, discrediting this key ruling with science will be a near-impossible task. Beyond that, the EPA would need to go through a lengthy rulemaking process, including public comments, reviews, and legal justifications, which could take years.\n\nRather than directly dismantling the Endangerment Finding, the Trump administration may decide to take a more indirect approach to weakening laws about air pollution. The EPA could be instructed, for example, to interpret the finding in such a way that it minimises regulatory burden.\u00a0\n\nThere is a precedent for this. During Trump\u2019s first term, he weakened the Endangerment Finding by instructing the EPA to roll back regulations based on it. This meant the finding was never directly repealed, but became ineffective in regulatory terms.\u00a0\n\nIn practice, this saw a reinterpretation of the EPA\u2019s regulatory authority, allowing the administration to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule. This new rule significantly reduced federal restrictions on coal power plants.\n\nNow, with a key piece of scientific evidence at risk, it seems the White House is once again weighing how far it is willing to go to attack the foundational science that underpins climate action in the US. If the Endangerment Rule is weakened or repealed, it could open the floodgates to an array of climate-damaging activities.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As President Trump\u2019s attack on the climate continues, the US is considering repealing an important scientific finding that underpins the country\u2019s climate action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Washington Post, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has urged the White House to strike down the 2009 \u2018Endangerment Finding.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This finding determines that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//10//co2-isnt-the-only-greenhouse-gas-where-are-the-most-potent-coming-from-and-can-they-be-sto/">greenhouse gas<\/strong><\/a> emissions are a risk to public health, and gives the EPA a legal foundation for regulations to limit planet-warming pollution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Why does the EPA want to repeal this key climate finding?<\/h2>\n<p>On day one of Trump\u2019s second presidency, he signed a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//20//project-2025-what-environmental-cutbacks-has-trump-made-in-a-month-and-whats-next/">slew of executive orders<\/strong><\/a>. This included EO 14154, also known as \u2018Unleashing American Energy.\u2019 Buried in the 20-page document is an instruction to the EPA Administrator which tasked him with reviewing the \u201clegality and continuing applicability of\u201d the Endangerment Finding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It gave Zeldin 30 days to submit recommendations to the head of the White House budget office, Russell Vought.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The executive order effectively asked the EPA and other agencies to determine whether <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//15//trump-administration-will-try-to-revoke-20-billion-in-funding-for-climate-projects/">climate change<\/strong><\/a> is a hoax, as Trump has claimed many times in the past. A month on, Administrator Zeldin appears to have made his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI challenged Lee Zeldin to his face on the endangerment finding,\u201d Senator Ed Markey posted on social media. \u201cI knew he wouldn\u2019t stand up to Trump's fossil fuel donors. If this admin wants to say that climate-fueled hurricanes, wildfires and droughts aren't a danger to our country, the admin itself is a danger to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//09//2024-will-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-and-the-first-year-above-15c-scientists-confirm/">planet/u2019s hottest year<\/strong><\/a> on record and multiple <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//29//a-perfect-storm-how-climate-change-made-the-la-wildfires-more-likely-and-more-deadly/">climate-related disasters<\/strong><\/a> in the US, there is almost certainly going to be some opposition to this move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), in 2024 there were 27 individual weather and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//14//strong-winds-and-dry-vegetation-how-hydroclimate-whiplash-turned-la-into-a-tinderbox/">climate disasters<\/strong><\/a> in the US, causing at least $1 billion in damages. These disasters, it says, were responsible for at least 568 fatalities and cost the US $182.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting the Endangerment Finding is extreme, dangerous, and puts important benefits at risk,\u201d says Peter Zalzal, special projects director and lead attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund. \u201cIt also goes well beyond anything the first Trump administration undertook.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9067878,9070386\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//20//project-2025-what-environmental-cutbacks-has-trump-made-in-a-month-and-whats-next/">Project 2025: What environmental cutbacks has Trump made in a month and what\u2019s next?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//21//climate-groups-launch-first-lawsuits-challenging-trumps-plans-to-expand-offshore-drilling/">Climate groups launch first lawsuits challenging Trump\u2019s plans to expand offshore drilling<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>What is the Endangerment Finding?<\/h2>\n<p>In 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases are air <strong>pollutants<\/strong> under the country\u2019s Clean Air Act. It asked the EPA to make a science-based decision on whether they were a danger to public health. Two years later, the EPA issued the Endangerment Finding, which read:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Administrator finds that the current and projected concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases\u2014carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)\u2014in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This finding has formed the bedrock of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//14//only-seven-countries-in-the-world-breathe-safe-air-three-of-them-are-in-europe/">Clean Air Act<\/strong><\/a> and 15 years of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//11//13//we-clearly-are-not-doing-enough-global-carbon-emissions-head-for-record-high-in-2024/">greenhouse gas reduction<\/strong><\/a> in the US. Under this act, the EPA is legally obliged to limit the emissions of any air pollutant that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.<\/p>\n<p>The finding is backed by a vast amount of scientific data and evidence that climate pollution harms human health. It has been reaffirmed in the US Supreme Court multiple times and provides the foundation for the EPA to protect people from climate-changing pollution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since it was established, the scientific evidence has only become stronger. National Climate Assessments conducted in 2018 and 2023 confirmed that climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions causes extensive harm throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that this anti-science, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//21//trump-declares-an-energy-emergency-will-more-fossil-fuel-extraction-really-cut-energy-bill/">pro-fossil fuel<\/strong><\/a> administration wants to go after the Endangerment Finding,\u201d says Rachel Cleetus, policy director at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u201cThis blatant attempt to do an end-run around scientific evidence deserves to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8981578,9014676\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//06//trumps-remote-work-ban-what-does-it-mean-for-carbon-emissions-and-climate-goals/">Trump/u2019s remote work ban: What does it mean for carbon emissions and climate goals?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//17//a-bonfire-of-climate-regulations-what-trumps-first-days-in-office-could-mean-for-the-envir/">/u2018A bonfire of climate regulations\u2019: What Trump\u2019s first days in office could mean for the environment<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Can President Trump dismantle the Endangerment Finding?<\/h2>\n<p>Dismantling the Endangerment Finding will be difficult but not impossible. The wealth of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//02//24//un-warns-that-time-is-not-on-our-side-as-key-climate-science-meeting-begins/">scientific evidence<\/strong><\/a> on which the finding is based would need to be discredited, and robust, compelling evidence to the contrary presented.<\/p>\n<p>Given the overwhelming consensus on climate change and its risks, discrediting this key ruling with science will be a near-impossible task. Beyond that, the EPA would need to go through a lengthy rulemaking process, including public comments, reviews, and legal justifications, which could take years.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than directly dismantling the Endangerment Finding, the Trump administration may decide to take a more indirect approach to weakening laws about air pollution. The EPA could be instructed, for example, to interpret the finding in such a way that it minimises regulatory burden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is a precedent for this. During Trump\u2019s first term, he weakened the Endangerment Finding by instructing the EPA to roll back regulations based on it. This meant the finding was never directly repealed, but became ineffective in regulatory terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In practice, this saw a reinterpretation of the EPA\u2019s regulatory authority, allowing the administration to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule. This new rule significantly reduced federal restrictions on coal power plants.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with a key piece of scientific evidence at risk, it seems the White House is once again weighing how far it is willing to go to attack the foundational science that underpins climate action in the US. If the Endangerment Rule is weakened or repealed, it could open the floodgates to an array of climate-damaging activities.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1740667864,"updatedAt":1740740418,"publishedAt":1740669426,"firstPublishedAt":1740669426,"lastPublishedAt":1740669426,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/08\/36\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cb786fca-bc12-5d13-90d0-8dd8399d2eba-9083630.jpg","altText":"EPA Administrator Zeldin has urged the White House to repeal the Endangerment Finding.","caption":"EPA Administrator Zeldin has urged the White House to repeal the Endangerment Finding.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1402}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3276,"urlSafeValue":"bailey","title":"Joanna Bailey","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":15386,"slug":"climate-change","urlSafeValue":"climate-change","title":"climate change","titleRaw":"climate change"},{"id":139,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","titleRaw":"Health"},{"id":27168,"slug":"reglement","urlSafeValue":"reglement","title":"regulation","titleRaw":"regulation"},{"id":9507,"slug":"environmental-protection","urlSafeValue":"environmental-protection","title":"Environmental protection","titleRaw":"Environmental protection"},{"id":18664,"slug":"greenhouse-gas-emissions","urlSafeValue":"greenhouse-gas-emissions","title":"greenhouse gas emissions","titleRaw":"greenhouse gas emissions"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2692942},{"id":418813},{"id":2758670}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news\/green-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/green\/green-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":35,"urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/green\/2025\/02\/27\/this-key-scientific-finding-underpins-us-climate-action-now-trump-is-being-urged-to-ignore","lastModified":1740669426},{"id":2751926,"cid":9046566,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250211_NWSU_57730785","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA US DEPORTATIONS","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US begins deportation flights to Venezuela as Trump ramps up anti-migration policies","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US begins deportation flights to Venezuela ","titleListing2":"US begins deportation flights to Venezuela as Trump ramps up anti-migration policies","leadin":"The development comes shortly after Trump envoy Richard Grenell met the Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Caracas.","summary":"The development comes shortly after Trump envoy Richard Grenell met the Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Caracas.","keySentence":"","url":"us-begins-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-as-trump-ramps-up-anti-migration-policies","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/02\/11\/us-begins-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-as-trump-ramps-up-anti-migration-policies","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Deportation flights from the US to Venezuela have resumed as part of American President Donald Trump\u2019s long-promised anti-immigration push. \n\nTwo Venezuelan planes, which together were carrying approximately 190 people, left a US army base in El Paso, Texas, on Monday bound for the South American country. \n\nExcept for a brief period under the Biden administration in October 2023, deportation flights from the US to Venezuela have been halted for years. \n\nAs a result of a severe economic crisis and political turmoil under the rule of authoritarian leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019, almost eight million Venezuelans left the country between 2014 and 2024.\n\nFrom October 2023 to September 2024, Venezuelans accounted for the second highest number of \u201cencounters\u201d of any nationality at the southern US border, according to US Customs and Border Protection. \n\nThe resumption of deportation flights comes shortly after Trump's Special Envoy Richard Grenell visited Caracas and met with Maduro, after which six Americans were freed from Venezuelan custody. \n\nOn Monday, the White House shared a photograph of Grenell overseeing the boarding of migrants onto one of the two Conviasa flights, and Grenell himself took to X to thank Trump for the deportations.\n\n\u201cTwo planes of illegal immigrants left El Paso today headed to Venezuela \u2014 paid for by the Venezuelans,\u201d he wrote. \n\nVenezuelan state media also covered the arrival of the flights. \n\n\u201cThis is the world we want, a world of peace, understanding, dialogue and cooperation,\u201d Maduro said. \n\nIn an earlier statement, the Venezuelan government said it wanted to repatriate thousands of its citizens who have emigrated in recent years. \n\nAs part of Trump\u2019s broader clampdown on migration, flights have started bringing immigrants to Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba. However, a federal judge in New Mexico on Sunday preemptively blocked the transfer of three Venezuelan men to the US military base there. \n\nLawyers for the men said that their clients \u201cfit the profile of those the administration has prioritised for detention in Guantanamo, i.e. Venezuelan men detained in the El Paso area with (false) charges of connections with the Tren de Aragua gang.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Deportation flights from the US to Venezuela have resumed as part of American President Donald Trump\u2019s long-promised anti-immigration push. <\/p>\n<p>Two Venezuelan planes, which together were carrying approximately 190 people, left a US army base in El Paso, Texas, on Monday bound for the South American country. <\/p>\n<p>Except for a brief period under the Biden administration in October 2023, deportation flights from the US to Venezuela have been halted for years. <\/p>\n<p>As a result of a severe economic crisis and political turmoil under the rule of authoritarian leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019, almost eight million Venezuelans left the country between 2014 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>From October 2023 to September 2024, Venezuelans accounted for the second highest number of \u201cencounters\u201d of any nationality at the southern US border, according to US Customs and Border Protection. <\/p>\n<p>The resumption of deportation flights comes shortly after Trump's Special Envoy Richard Grenell visited Caracas and met with Maduro, after which six Americans were freed from Venezuelan custody. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the White House shared a photograph of Grenell overseeing the boarding of migrants onto one of the two Conviasa flights, and Grenell himself took to X to thank Trump for the deportations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo planes of illegal immigrants left El Paso today headed to Venezuela \u2014 paid for by the Venezuelans,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan state media also covered the arrival of the flights. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the world we want, a world of peace, understanding, dialogue and cooperation,\u201d Maduro said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9031422,9005322\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//05//first-group-of-haitians-is-deported-from-the-us/">US deported first group of Haitian migrants under Trump's new executive orders<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//27//us-suspends-tariff-threats-after-colombia-agrees-to-deportation-flights/">US backs down on tariffs after Colombia agrees to deportation flights<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In an earlier statement, the Venezuelan government said it wanted to repatriate thousands of its citizens who have emigrated in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>As part of Trump\u2019s broader clampdown on migration, flights have started bringing immigrants to Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba. However, a federal judge in New Mexico on Sunday preemptively blocked the transfer of three Venezuelan men to the US military base there. <\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the men said that their clients \u201cfit the profile of those the administration has prioritised for detention in Guantanamo, i.e. Venezuelan men detained in the El Paso area with (false) charges of connections with the Tren de Aragua gang.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1739268786,"updatedAt":1739272121,"publishedAt":1739270267,"firstPublishedAt":1739270267,"lastPublishedAt":1739270267,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/04\/65\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8e1f470d-0f2e-5d53-a7d1-86a0d6e0d154-9046566.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan migrants deported from the US arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquet\u00eda, Venezuela.","caption":"Venezuelan migrants deported from the US arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquet\u00eda, Venezuela.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1124}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3272,"urlSafeValue":"sullivan","title":"Rory Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":13450,"slug":"migration","urlSafeValue":"migration","title":"migration","titleRaw":"migration"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2724672},{"id":2774482}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84111001","84112003","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["law_gov_t_and_politics_immigration","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/02\/11\/us-begins-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-as-trump-ramps-up-anti-migration-policies","lastModified":1739270267},{"id":2744266,"cid":9022054,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250201_NWSU_57657082","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA AMERICANS FREED","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuela frees six US citizens after Trump's envoy meets President Maduro","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Venezuela frees six US citizens after Trump's envoy meets Maduro","titleListing2":"Venezuela frees six US citizens after Trump's envoy meets President Maduro","leadin":"The visit by the envoy came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term.","summary":"The visit by the envoy came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuela-frees-six-us-citizens-after-trumps-envoy-meets-president-maduro","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/02\/01\/venezuela-frees-six-us-citizens-after-trumps-envoy-meets-president-maduro","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro after he met Friday with a Trump administration official. \n\nThe envoy, Richard Grenell, is a Trump administration official who has been tasked with urging the authoritarian leader to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the United States.\n\nThe visit by Grenell came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term. \n\nGrenell\u2019s hours long trip to Venezuela, according to the White House, was focused on Trump\u2019s efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their home country, which currently does not accept them, and on the release of the detained Americans.\n\nPresident Trump and Grenell announced the release of the six men on social media. \n\nThe meeting in Venezuela's capital took place less than a month after Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term, despite credible evidence that he lost last year's election. The U.S. government, along with several other Western nations, does not recognise Maduro's claim to victory and instead points to tally sheets collected by the opposition coalition showing that its candidate, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez, won by a more than a two-to-one margin.\n\nVenezuelan state television aired footage of Grenell and Maduro speaking in the Miraflores Palace and said the meeting had been requested by the U.S. government.\n\nSigning an executive order in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump was asked if Grenell being filmed meeting with Maduro lent legitimacy to a government that the Trump White House does not officially recognise.\n\n\u201cNo. We want to do something with Venezuela. I\u2019ve been a very big opponent of Venezuela and Maduro,\u201d Trump responded. \u201cThey\u2019ve treated us not so good, but they\u2019ve treated, more importantly, the Venezuelan people, very badly.\"\n\nMaduro, appearing on state television after Grenell had left Venezuela, said the visit yielded \u201cinitial agreements\u201d but did not provide any details. \n\n\u201cI have seen three U.S. presidents pass before me,\" Maduro said. \"This is the fourth term, and our message has been one: We want to build relationships of respect for Venezuela\u2019s sovereignty, for Venezuela\u2019s democratic life, for international law and for our Latin American region.\u201d\n\nSome Republicans criticised the visit.\n\n\u201cThis is terrible timing,\" said Elliott Abrams, who served as special envoy to Venezuela and Iran during the first Trump administration. \"A meeting with Maduro will be used by him to legitimise his rule and show that the Americans recognize him as president. If the purpose is to deliver a tough message about migration issues, the president could\u2019ve done that himself. There was no need to send someone to Caracas.\u201d\n\nThe dispute over the election results sparked nationwide protests. More than 2,200 people were arrested during and after the demonstrations.\n\nAmong those detained are as many as 10 Americans who the government has linked to alleged plots to destabilise the country. Neither the White House nor Maduro's government immediately released the names of the six who were freed Friday. \n\nA non-profit group that had advocated for the release of a detainee said David Estrella, a 62-yer-old who was last heard from in September, was among those on their way back to the U.S. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello had accused Estrella of being part of an alleged plot to assassinate Maduro.\n\nThe Trump administration has taken a slew of actions to make good on promises to crack down on illegal immigration and carry out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history. \n\nThose measures include the revocation earlier this week of a Biden administration decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.\n\nWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Friday that Trump had instructed Grenell to \u201cidentify a place and ensure that repatriation flights\" carrying Venezuelans, including members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organisation, \"land in Venezuela.\u201d She said Trump also ordered Grenell to \u201censure that all U.S. detainees in Venezuela are returned home.\u201d\n\nMore than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left their home country since 2013, when its economy unravelled and Maduro first took office. Most settled in Latin America and the Caribbean, but after the pandemic, migrants increasingly set their sights on the U.S.\n\nVenezuelans\u2019 desire for better living conditions and their rejection of Maduro are expected to keep pushing people to emigrate.\n\nAhead of the presidential election last year, a nationwide poll by Venezuela-based research firm Delphos showed about a quarter of the population thinking about emigrating if Maduro was re-elected.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro after he met Friday with a Trump administration official. <\/p>\n<p>The envoy, Richard Grenell, is a Trump administration official who has been tasked with urging the authoritarian leader to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The visit by Grenell came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term. <\/p>\n<p>Grenell\u2019s hours long trip to Venezuela, according to the White House, was focused on Trump\u2019s efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their home country, which currently does not accept them, and on the release of the detained Americans.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump and Grenell announced the release of the six men on social media. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1885482064050610536\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The meeting in Venezuela's capital took place less than a month after Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term, despite credible evidence that he lost last year's election. The U.S. government, along with several other Western nations, does not recognise Maduro's claim to victory and instead points to tally sheets collected by the opposition coalition showing that its candidate, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez, won by a more than a two-to-one margin.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan state television aired footage of Grenell and Maduro speaking in the Miraflores Palace and said the meeting had been requested by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump was asked if Grenell being filmed meeting with Maduro lent legitimacy to a government that the Trump White House does not officially recognise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. We want to do something with Venezuela. I\u2019ve been a very big opponent of Venezuela and Maduro,\u201d Trump responded. \u201cThey\u2019ve treated us not so good, but they\u2019ve treated, more importantly, the Venezuelan people, very badly.\"<\/p>\n<p>Maduro, appearing on state television after Grenell had left Venezuela, said the visit yielded \u201cinitial agreements\u201d but did not provide any details. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen three U.S. presidents pass before me,\" Maduro said. \"This is the fourth term, and our message has been one: We want to build relationships of respect for Venezuela\u2019s sovereignty, for Venezuela\u2019s democratic life, for international law and for our Latin American region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans criticised the visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is terrible timing,\" said Elliott Abrams, who served as special envoy to Venezuela and Iran during the first Trump administration. \"A meeting with Maduro will be used by him to legitimise his rule and show that the Americans recognize him as president. If the purpose is to deliver a tough message about migration issues, the president could\u2019ve done that himself. There was no need to send someone to Caracas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dispute over the election results sparked nationwide protests. More than 2,200 people were arrested during and after the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Among those detained are as many as 10 Americans who the government has linked to alleged plots to destabilise the country. Neither the White House nor Maduro's government immediately released the names of the six who were freed Friday. <\/p>\n<p>A non-profit group that had advocated for the release of a detainee said David Estrella, a 62-yer-old who was last heard from in September, was among those on their way back to the U.S. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello had accused Estrella of being part of an alleged plot to assassinate Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has taken a slew of actions to make good on promises to crack down on illegal immigration and carry out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history. <\/p>\n<p>Those measures include the revocation earlier this week of a Biden administration decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Friday that Trump had instructed Grenell to \u201cidentify a place and ensure that repatriation flights\" carrying Venezuelans, including members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organisation, \"land in Venezuela.\u201d She said Trump also ordered Grenell to \u201censure that all U.S. detainees in Venezuela are returned home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left their home country since 2013, when its economy unravelled and Maduro first took office. Most settled in Latin America and the Caribbean, but after the pandemic, migrants increasingly set their sights on the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelans\u2019 desire for better living conditions and their rejection of Maduro are expected to keep pushing people to emigrate.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the presidential election last year, a nationwide poll by Venezuela-based research firm Delphos showed about a quarter of the population thinking about emigrating if Maduro was re-elected.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738395895,"updatedAt":1738401167,"publishedAt":1738398412,"firstPublishedAt":1738398412,"lastPublishedAt":1738398412,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/20\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b4713cd8-10eb-5f6b-81fd-02198a55ec3e-9022054.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump's special envoy, left, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan 31 2025","caption":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump's special envoy, left, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan 31 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Miraflores","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":828}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1074,"urlSafeValue":"bellamy","title":"Daniel Bellamy","twitter":"danbel"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":13363,"slug":"united-states","urlSafeValue":"united-states","title":"United States ","titleRaw":"United States "}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2744612},{"id":2831517}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":{"id":516,"urlSafeValue":"caracas-venezuela","title":"Caracas, Venezuela"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122006","80222006","84111001","84112003","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","crime_high_and_medium_risk","crime_high_medium_and_low_risk","law_gov_t_and_politics_immigration","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/02\/01\/venezuela-frees-six-us-citizens-after-trumps-envoy-meets-president-maduro","lastModified":1738398412},{"id":2735178,"cid":8993186,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250122_NWSU_57572722","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"US MIGRATION MADURO","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"With Trump now in office, Venezuela wants its migrants back, Maduro says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Venezuela will welcome back its migrants, Maduro says","titleListing2":"With Trump now in office, Venezuela will welcome back its migrants, Maduro says","leadin":"US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border, and he plans to send his troops to help support immigration agents and restrict access to refugees and asylum seekers.","summary":"US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border, and he plans to send his troops to help support immigration agents and restrict access to refugees and asylum seekers.","keySentence":"","url":"with-trump-now-in-office-venezuela-wants-its-migrants-back-maduro-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/22\/with-trump-now-in-office-venezuela-wants-its-migrants-back-maduro-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuela is waiting for migrants to return home after appointments to enter the US were cancelled under the new Trump administration, President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro said on Tuesday.\n\nHis comments come after Washington and the US Customs and Border Protection announced on Monday that the CBP One app would no longer be used to admit migrants into the country.\u00a0\n\nSpeaking in a televised address, Maduro said returning migrants would \u201crecover many things: respect as human beings. But also their right to come and party with their families, their friends.\u201d \u00a0\n\n\u201cI always say, my dear migrants brothers and sisters, Venezuela is waiting for you,\" Maduro said.\n\n\"Everyone will return so we can be happy in this land - working, producing and hugging each other. And you will also have back the most sacred right: the right to party.\u201d\u00a0\n\nThe CBP One app allowed almost 1 million people to enter the US since its introduction in January 2023. However, thousands of applicants were told that their appointments in February were cancelled, right after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.\u00a0\n\nVenezuela's government launched a plan in 2018 for migrants to return to Venezuela called the \u201cReturn to the Homeland Plan\u201d.\n\nSince then, Maduro's government periodically chartered migrants from other South American nations and even the US when the direct deportation flights resumed in 2023 after many years of halt.\u00a0\n\nMaduro had been sworn in for a third term as Venezuelan president earlier this year \u2013 but the country's opposition and the European Union denounced his inauguration as illegitimate amid allegations of fraudulent vote counting.\u00a0\n\nThe US also denounced the \u201csham\u201d election and imposed new sanctions against Caracas, notably increasing the reward to $25 million (\u20ac23.9m) for any information leading to bringing the Venezuelan leader to justice.\u00a0\n\nMillions of Venezuelans have been driven from the country during Maduro's decade-long rule after facing political unrest, economic decline and acute shortages of vital resources such as food, medicine and electricity. \u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuela is waiting for migrants to return home after appointments to enter the US were cancelled under the new Trump administration, President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come after Washington and the US Customs and Border Protection announced on Monday that the CBP One app would no longer be used to admit migrants into the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a televised address, Maduro said returning migrants would \u201crecover many things: respect as human beings. But also their right to come and party with their families, their friends.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always say, my dear migrants brothers and sisters, Venezuela is waiting for you,\" Maduro said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Everyone will return so we can be happy in this land - working, producing and hugging each other. And you will also have back the most sacred right: the right to party.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CBP One app allowed almost 1 million people to enter the US since its introduction in January 2023. However, thousands of applicants were told that their appointments in February were cancelled, right after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//99//31//86//808x539_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg/" alt=\"Updated message of the CBP One app advising the cancellations of existing appointments for migrants that were scheduled to enter the United States on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/384x256_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/640x427_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/750x500_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/828x552_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/1080x720_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/1200x800_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/1920x1281_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Updated message of the CBP One app advising the cancellations of existing appointments for migrants that were scheduled to enter the United States on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Andres Leighton\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Venezuela's government launched a plan in 2018 for migrants to return to Venezuela called the \u201cReturn to the Homeland Plan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Maduro's government periodically chartered migrants from other South American nations and even the US when the direct deportation flights resumed in 2023 after many years of halt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maduro had been sworn in for a third term as Venezuelan president earlier this year \u2013 but the country's opposition and the European Union denounced his inauguration as illegitimate amid allegations of fraudulent vote counting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//99//31//86//808x539_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg/" alt=\"Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/384x256_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/640x427_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/750x500_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/828x552_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/1080x720_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/1200x800_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/1920x1281_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ariana Cubillos\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The US also denounced the \u201csham\u201d election and imposed new sanctions against Caracas, notably increasing the reward to $25 million (\u20ac23.9m) for any information leading to bringing the Venezuelan leader to justice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Millions of Venezuelans have been driven from the country during Maduro's decade-long rule after facing political unrest, economic decline and acute shortages of vital resources such as food, medicine and electricity. \u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737535295,"updatedAt":1737542903,"publishedAt":1737539306,"firstPublishedAt":1737539306,"lastPublishedAt":1737539306,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8c4cc62a-5740-5381-86cd-9c52a03a37ab-8993186.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers his annual address before lawmakers and guests at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.","caption":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers his annual address before lawmakers and guests at the Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_34fae04b-4012-5b2c-a23e-649c2c286453-8993186.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/99\/31\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6584bb34-b736-59dd-b693-25a377464a8e-8993186.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2974,"urlSafeValue":"osullivan-d","title":"David O'Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":16820,"slug":"venezuela-crisis","urlSafeValue":"venezuela-crisis","title":"venezuela crisis","titleRaw":"venezuela crisis"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2724672},{"id":2737812}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"wdCb2G8L16Q","dailymotionId":"x9ct1sm"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/22\/en\/250122_NWSU_57572722_57573206_70960_114248_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":70960,"filesizeBytes":9162478,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/22\/en\/250122_NWSU_57572722_57573206_70960_114248_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":70960,"filesizeBytes":13523694,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/1080p\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/22\/en\/250122_NWSU_57572722_57573206_70960_114249_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":70960,"filesizeBytes":44201198,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":{"id":516,"urlSafeValue":"caracas-venezuela","title":"Caracas, Venezuela"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84061001","84062001","84111001","84112003","84112005","84211001","84212004"],"slugs":["family_and_parenting","family_and_parenting_general","law_gov_t_and_politics_immigration","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_ethnic_specific"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/01\/22\/with-trump-now-in-office-venezuela-wants-its-migrants-back-maduro-says","lastModified":1737539306},{"id":2724672,"cid":8963088,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250110_NCSU_57481114","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NC3 VENEZUELA OPPOSITION DEMO","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":6},{"id":8},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Maduro's inauguration sparks controversy in Venezuela","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Maduro's inauguration sparks controversy in Venezuela","titleListing2":"Maduro's inauguration sparks controversy in Venezuela","leadin":"Demonstrators took to the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday in a spontaneous attempt to block Nicolas Maduro's inauguration for a third term on Friday","summary":"Demonstrators took to the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday in a spontaneous attempt to block Nicolas Maduro's inauguration for a third term on Friday","keySentence":"","url":"maduros-inauguration-sparks-controversy-in-venezuela","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/10\/maduros-inauguration-sparks-controversy-in-venezuela","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The country was just hours away from the presidential inauguration of Nicolas Maduro, who was due to be sworn in for a new term, despite overwhelming evidence from the opposition that he had lost the election by a landslide.\n\nLate in the morning, a handful of opposition demonstrators began marching in the streets of one part of the city, spontaneously joined by passers-by.\n\nOpposition leader Maria Corina Machado called on her supporters to demonstrate across Venezuela in a bid to force Maduro from power.\n\nUnlike previous presidential elections, the electoral authorities did not provide a detailed vote count to back up the announced result.\n\nOn Thursday evening, the Venezuelan government displayed the face of President Nicolas Maduro and other national symbols during a drone show at a military airbase in Caracas.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The country was just hours away from the presidential inauguration of Nicolas Maduro, who was due to be sworn in for a new term, despite overwhelming evidence from the opposition that he had lost the election by a landslide.<\/p>\n<p>Late in the morning, a handful of opposition demonstrators began marching in the streets of one part of the city, spontaneously joined by passers-by.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called on her supporters to demonstrate across Venezuela in a bid to force Maduro from power.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike previous presidential elections, the electoral authorities did not provide a detailed vote count to back up the announced result.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening, the Venezuelan government displayed the face of President Nicolas Maduro and other national symbols during a drone show at a military airbase in Caracas.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736520438,"updatedAt":1736532734,"publishedAt":1736532304,"firstPublishedAt":1736532304,"lastPublishedAt":1736532346,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/30\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6639c850-0a90-527e-adf6-ead97d8c22fb-8963090.jpg","altText":"Opponents of Friday's inauguration of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro protest in the streets of Caracas in Venezuela, 09.01.2025","caption":"Opponents of Friday's inauguration of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro protest in the streets of Caracas in Venezuela, 09.01.2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP video still","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2134,"urlSafeValue":"mauduit","title":"Frederique Mauduit","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"id":2134,"urlSafeValue":"mauduit","title":"Frederique Mauduit","twitter":null}]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11286,"slug":"opposition","urlSafeValue":"opposition","title":"Opposition","titleRaw":"Opposition"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":27110,"slug":"protestas","urlSafeValue":"protestas","title":"Protests","titleRaw":"Protests"},{"id":29242,"slug":"maria-corina-machado","urlSafeValue":"maria-corina-machado","title":"Maria Corina Machado","titleRaw":"Maria Corina Machado"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2735178},{"id":2751926},{"id":2799972}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"ap5ZH-N4wqI","dailymotionId":"x9c4wcg"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NC\/SU\/25\/01\/10\/en\/250110_NCSU_57481114_57481796_60000_164807_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":7557835,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NC\/SU\/25\/01\/10\/en\/250110_NCSU_57481114_57481796_60000_164807_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":11152075,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/1080p\/EN\/NC\/SU\/25\/01\/10\/en\/250110_NCSU_57481114_57481796_60000_190602_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":36972747,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"AP - EURONEWS","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"nocomment","urlSafeValue":"nocomment","title":"No Comment","online":1,"url":"\/nocomment"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":{"id":516,"urlSafeValue":"caracas-venezuela","title":"Caracas, Venezuela"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"fr","storyId":8963090,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/video\/2025\/01\/10\/maduros-inauguration-sparks-controversy-in-venezuela","lastModified":1736532346},{"id":2724534,"cid":8962734,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250110_NCSU_57479761","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NC2 LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA PROTESTS","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":6},{"id":8},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Maduro's inauguration sparks demonstrations across South America","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Maduro's inauguration sparks demonstrations across South America","titleListing2":"Maduro's inauguration sparks demonstrations across South America","leadin":"Protests erupted across Latin America against the controversial inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for a third term.","summary":"Protests erupted across Latin America against the controversial inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for a third term.","keySentence":"","url":"maduros-inauguration-sparks-demonstrations-across-south-america","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/10\/maduros-inauguration-sparks-demonstrations-across-south-america","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Despite complaints of electoral irregularities, Venezuela's National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner.\n\nThe United States and other governments have recognised Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia as Venezuela's president-elect instead.\n\nEven many of Maduro's former leftist allies in Latin America have skipped Friday's inauguration.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Despite complaints of electoral irregularities, Venezuela's National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and other governments have recognised Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia as Venezuela's president-elect instead.<\/p>\n<p>Even many of Maduro's former leftist allies in Latin America have skipped Friday's inauguration.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736513429,"updatedAt":1736529124,"publishedAt":1736528821,"firstPublishedAt":1736528821,"lastPublishedAt":1736528821,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/27\/36\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d59dee96-823e-58ea-a7e5-b25bd1c412f1-8962736.jpg","altText":"Opponents of Maduro's inauguration for a third term in Venezuela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 09.01.2025","caption":"Opponents of Maduro's inauguration for a third term in Venezuela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 09.01.2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP video screenshot","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2134,"urlSafeValue":"mauduit","title":"Frederique Mauduit","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"id":2134,"urlSafeValue":"mauduit","title":"Frederique Mauduit","twitter":null}]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":9557,"slug":"south-america","urlSafeValue":"south-america","title":"South America","titleRaw":"South America"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":11286,"slug":"opposition","urlSafeValue":"opposition","title":"Opposition","titleRaw":"Opposition"},{"id":27110,"slug":"protestas","urlSafeValue":"protestas","title":"Protests","titleRaw":"Protests"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2723396},{"id":2723806},{"id":2800842}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"DqUZHZhcLSA","dailymotionId":"x9c4s7u"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NC\/SU\/25\/01\/10\/en\/250110_NCSU_57479761_57479984_60000_140613_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":7674544,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NC\/SU\/25\/01\/10\/en\/250110_NCSU_57479761_57479984_60000_140613_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":11822768,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/1080p\/EN\/NC\/SU\/25\/01\/10\/en\/250110_NCSU_57479761_57479984_60000_180803_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":38785712,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"AP - EURONEWS","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"nocomment","urlSafeValue":"nocomment","title":"No Comment","online":1,"url":"\/nocomment"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84011001","84012001","84111001","84112001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","arts_and_entertainment","arts_and_entertainment_general","law_government_and_politics","law_government_and_politics_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"fr","storyId":8962736,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/video\/2025\/01\/10\/maduros-inauguration-sparks-demonstrations-across-south-america","lastModified":1736528821},{"id":2723806,"cid":8960698,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250109_NWSU_57472242","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA PROTESTS","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrested after reappearance at protests ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Mar\u00eda Corina Machado arrested after coming out of hiding","titleListing2":"Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrested after reappearance at protests.","leadin":"Machado's reappearrance coincided with the announcement of Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez in the Dominican Republic of returning to Caracas to assume the presidency.","summary":"Machado's reappearrance coincided with the announcement of Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez in the Dominican Republic of returning to Caracas to assume the presidency.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-arrested-after-reappearance-at-protests","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/09\/venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-arrested-after-reappearance-at-protests","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested Thursday when her convoy was intercepted by security forces as it departed an anti-government protest in Caracas, according to aides.\n\nMachado emerged from months of hiding earlier Thursday and reappeared in public as part of a last-ditch attempt to block President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from clinging to power.\n\nMachado\u2019s press team said in a social media post that security forces fired on the motorcycle convoy as it was leaving eastern Caracas where Machado moments earlier had spoken to a crowd of supporters. There were no immediate details on her whereabouts and Maduro\u2019s government has yet to comment.\n\nCaracas, along with other world capitals such as New York, Madrid, Buenos Aires and Brussels had been the scene earlier this Thursday of mass demonstrations in support of Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia. The protests coincide with the announcement of his return to Caracas to assume the presidency, after showing copies of the ballot papers which, as he has recalled, certify his victory in the elections of 28 July.\n\nOn the streets, the tension was palpable. Hundreds of Venezuelans, both opposition and pro-Ch\u00e1vez, have begun to march at various points in the Venezuelan capital. Some following the call of opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado and others to celebrate and support the swearing in of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. Machado came out to shout slogans against Maduro, wearing a Venezuelan flag on her right sleeve, and took the opportunity to claim that Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez was the winner.\n\nMeanwhile, the Venezuelan opposition leader, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia, wanted to send a message of hope from the National Palace of the Dominican Republic: \"We will all see each other very soon in Caracas, in freedom\".\n\nThe atmosphere in Venezuela remains tense. Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, internationally questioned, is scheduled to be sworn in this Friday for a third consecutive term in office, without having presented the official records of his victory. \n\nThe confrontation between the two sides has led to a day that could define Venezuela's political course, as the international community closely monitors the unfolding events.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested Thursday when her convoy was intercepted by security forces as it departed an anti-government protest in Caracas, according to aides.<\/p>\n<p>Machado emerged from months of hiding earlier Thursday and reappeared in public as part of a last-ditch attempt to block President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from clinging to power.<\/p>\n<p>Machado\u2019s press team said in a social media post that security forces fired on the motorcycle convoy as it was leaving eastern Caracas where Machado moments earlier had spoken to a crowd of supporters. There were no immediate details on her whereabouts and Maduro\u2019s government has yet to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Caracas, along with other world capitals such as New York, Madrid, Buenos Aires and Brussels had been the scene earlier this Thursday of mass demonstrations in support of Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia. The protests coincide with the announcement of his return to Caracas<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////es.euronews.com//2025//01//08//espana-y-colombia-rechazan-acudir-a-la-toma-de-posesion-de-nicolas-maduro/"> <\/a><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//09//venezuelan-opposition-leader-edmundo-gonzalez-is-in-panama-for-regional-support-tour/">to assume the presidency<\/strong><\/a>, after showing copies of the ballot papers which, as he has recalled, certify his victory in the elections of 28 July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8959184\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//09//venezuelan-opposition-leader-edmundo-gonzalez-is-in-panama-for-regional-support-tour/">Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is in Panama for regional support tour<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On the streets, the tension was palpable. Hundreds of Venezuelans, both opposition and pro-Ch\u00e1vez, have begun to march at various points in the Venezuelan capital. Some following the call of opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado and others to celebrate and support the swearing in of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. Machado came out to shout slogans against Maduro, wearing a Venezuelan flag on her right sleeve, and took the opportunity to claim that Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez was the winner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1877423422096974326\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Venezuelan opposition leader, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia, wanted to send a message of hope from the National Palace of the Dominican Republic: \"We will all see each other very soon in Caracas, in freedom\".<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere in Venezuela remains tense. Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, internationally questioned, is scheduled to be sworn in this Friday for a third consecutive term in office, without having presented the official records of his victory. <\/p>\n<p>The confrontation between the two sides has led to a day that could define Venezuela's political course, as the international community closely monitors the unfolding events.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736438352,"updatedAt":1736460289,"publishedAt":1736456240,"firstPublishedAt":1736456240,"lastPublishedAt":1736460289,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/07\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5820c614-1cb1-5ae5-845d-42772d5127e6-8960706.jpg","altText":"Mar\u00eda Corina Machado comes out of hiding, only to be arrested shortly afterwards","caption":"Mar\u00eda Corina Machado comes out of hiding, only to be arrested shortly afterwards","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Matias Delacroix\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3232,"urlSafeValue":"caraballo","title":"Cristian Caraballo","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":4378,"slug":"protest","urlSafeValue":"protest","title":"Protest","titleRaw":"Protest"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":12618,"slug":"venezuelan-elections","urlSafeValue":"venezuelan-elections","title":"Venezuelan elections","titleRaw":"Venezuelan elections"},{"id":29242,"slug":"maria-corina-machado","urlSafeValue":"maria-corina-machado","title":"Maria Corina Machado","titleRaw":"Maria Corina Machado"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2661616}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Andreas Rogal","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":{"id":516,"urlSafeValue":"caracas-venezuela","title":"Caracas, Venezuela"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84061001","84062001","84091001","84092030","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","family_and_parenting","family_and_parenting_general","hobbies_and_interests","hobbies_and_interests_social_networking","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":8960706,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/01\/09\/venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-arrested-after-reappearance-at-protests","lastModified":1736460289},{"id":2723396,"cid":8959184,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250109_NWSU_57467656","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA OPOSITION LEADER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is in Panama for regional support tour","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is in Panama","titleListing2":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is in Panama for regional support tour","leadin":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is mobilizing regional backing, asserting he won July\u2019s election over President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.","summary":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is mobilizing regional backing, asserting he won July\u2019s election over President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuelan-opposition-leader-edmundo-gonzalez-is-in-panama-for-regional-support-tour","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/09\/venezuelan-opposition-leader-edmundo-gonzalez-is-in-panama-for-regional-support-tour","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is rallying regional support for the opposition's claims that he won the July election against President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. \n\nDays before Venezuela's presidential inauguration, Gonz\u00e1lez held meetings in the Dominican Republic after having already visited Argentina, Uruguay, and Panama.\n\nIn Panama, he presented President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino with a photo of electoral documents that the opposition says are evidence disproving Maduro\u2019s claim to victory. \n\nOn Thursday, Gonzalez is expected to meet with Dominican President Luis Abinader, who joined other South American and Caribbean leaders in support of his claim to the presidency of Venezuela.\n\nMeanwhile, Maduro set a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Gonzalez.\n\nSpain granted him asylum on December 20, following Venezuela's announcement of conspiracy and racketeering charges against him.\n\nThe Venezuelan government declared Maduro the winner of a third six-year term in the July elections, but the opposition claims otherwise, asserting they have detailed evidence from polling stations showing that Gonzalez Urrutia won decisively.\n\nCaracas faced significant domestic and international pressure to be transparent and release voting results.\n\nProtests erupted on streets of major cities that escalated into violent clashes with police, resulting in 28 fatalities, 200 injuries, and the arrest of over 2,400 individuals.\n\nAt least three detainees have died while in custody, and nearly 1,400 of those initially arrested have since been released.\n\nMaduro, a former bus driver, was selected by the late socialist leader Hugo Ch\u00e1vez to succeed him upon his death in 2013.\n\nUnder Maduro's leadership, the oil-rich nation has descended into economic hardship, and he has faced accusations of behaving like a dictator as he suppresses dissent and maintains his grip on power.\n\nOnly a small number of countries, including Venezuela's ally Russia, recognize Maduro as the victor of the July election.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez is rallying regional support for the opposition's claims that he won the July election against President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. <\/p>\n<p>Days before Venezuela's presidential inauguration, Gonz\u00e1lez held meetings in the Dominican Republic after having already visited Argentina, Uruguay, and Panama.<\/p>\n<p>In Panama, he presented President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino with a photo of electoral documents that the opposition says are evidence disproving Maduro\u2019s claim to victory. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Gonzalez is expected to meet with Dominican President Luis Abinader, who joined other South American and Caribbean leaders in support of his claim to the presidency of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Maduro set a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>Spain granted him asylum on December 20, following Venezuela's announcement of conspiracy and racketeering charges against him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8947272,8952224\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//06//what-to-know-about-venezuelas-upcoming-presidential-inauguration/">What to know about Venezuela's upcoming presidential inauguration<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//03//venezuela-offers-97000-reward-for-whereabouts-of-exiled-opposition-candidate/">Venezuela offers \u20ac97,000 reward for whereabouts of exiled opposition candidate<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Venezuelan government declared Maduro the winner of a third six-year term in the July elections, but the opposition claims otherwise, asserting they have detailed evidence from polling stations showing that Gonzalez Urrutia won decisively.<\/p>\n<p>Caracas faced significant domestic and international pressure to be transparent and release voting results.<\/p>\n<p>Protests erupted on streets of major cities that escalated into violent clashes with police, resulting in 28 fatalities, 200 injuries, and the arrest of over 2,400 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>At least three detainees have died while in custody, and nearly 1,400 of those initially arrested have since been released.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro, a former bus driver, was selected by the late socialist leader Hugo Ch\u00e1vez to succeed him upon his death in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Under Maduro's leadership, the oil-rich nation has descended into economic hardship, and he has faced accusations of behaving like a dictator as he suppresses dissent and maintains his grip on power.<\/p>\n<p>Only a small number of countries, including Venezuela's ally Russia, recognize Maduro as the victor of the July election.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736412523,"updatedAt":1736455640,"publishedAt":1736455635,"firstPublishedAt":1736455635,"lastPublishedAt":1736455635,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/91\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_322b9275-c5c5-59f6-9c69-2615b1e7692e-8959190.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez ","caption":"Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jacquelyn Martin\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5345,"height":3563}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1142,"urlSafeValue":"aktan","title":"Sertac Aktan","twitter":"@sertac_aktan"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":74,"slug":"dominican-republic","urlSafeValue":"dominican-republic","title":"Dominican Republic","titleRaw":"Dominican Republic"},{"id":11286,"slug":"opposition","urlSafeValue":"opposition","title":"Opposition","titleRaw":"Opposition"},{"id":29242,"slug":"maria-corina-machado","urlSafeValue":"maria-corina-machado","title":"Maria Corina Machado","titleRaw":"Maria Corina Machado"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2682704},{"id":2783086}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"J0ae37lMvro","dailymotionId":"x9c331k"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/09\/en\/250109_NWSU_57467656_57471302_35040_154707_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35040,"filesizeBytes":4621377,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/25\/01\/09\/en\/250109_NWSU_57467656_57471302_35040_154707_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":35040,"filesizeBytes":6966337,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84091001","84092030","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","hobbies_and_interests","hobbies_and_interests_social_networking","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/01\/09\/venezuelan-opposition-leader-edmundo-gonzalez-is-in-panama-for-regional-support-tour","lastModified":1736455635},{"id":2722158,"cid":8955842,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250108_NWSU_57455698","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA OPPOSITION KIDNAPPING","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Venezuela's opposition candidate says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas","titleListing2":"Venezuela's opposition candidate says his son-in-law was kidnapped in Caracas","leadin":"Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez says his son-in-law was kidnapped on Tuesday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.","summary":"Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez says his son-in-law was kidnapped on Tuesday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuelas-opposition-candidate-says-his-son-in-law-was-kidnapped-in-caracas","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/08\/venezuelas-opposition-candidate-says-his-son-in-law-was-kidnapped-in-caracas","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Gonz\u00e1lez was travelling in the United States when his son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped while on his way to drop off his children at school.\n\nIn a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Gonz\u00e1lez said \u201chooded men, dressed in black\u201d intercepted his vehicle and forced Tudares into a \u201cgold coloured van\u201d.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez did not offer any information on the children, and whether they had also been kidnapped. But his daughter, Mariana, in a post on X had clarified that the attackers only took her husband, and got the children out of the car.\n\nThe kidnapping happened despite a significant increase in police and military presence across Caracas since New Year\u2019s Day ahead of Friday\u2019s oath swearing ceremony for Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who the government says won a third term in office, in a highly disputed and controversial July election.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez, a retired diplomat, represented his country\u2019s Unitary Platform opposition coalition in the presidential election, which he and Maduro both claim to have won. In a statement, the coalition described Tudares\u2019 kidnapping as a \u201cforced disappearance for political reasons\u201d.\n\n\u201cWe demand the immediate release of Rafael Tudares and all political prisoners, who are hostages of a regime that knows it is rejected by the vast majority of Venezuelans who spoke with the force of the vote (on July 28),\u201d the coalition said in the statement.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez left Venezuela for exile in Spain in September after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest for an election-related investigation. In recent weeks, Gonz\u00e1lez vowed to return to his homeland, to take the oath of office.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez, who\u2019s 75-years-old is currently touring the United States to rally support for his initiative to remove Maduro from office by Friday. That\u2019s when Maduro, by law, begins his next presidential term, after taking the oath.\n\nVisiting the US capital, Gonz\u00e1lez met with US President Joe Biden in the White House on Monday. He\u2019s also met with Republican US House Representative Michael Waltz, who\u2019s the US President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser designate.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez, who has been recognised by several governments including the US as Venezuela\u2019s president-elect, has not revealed how he plans to return to his country or strip Maduro, whose ruling United Socialist Party has a firm grip and control on all branches of Venezuela\u2019s government.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez had never run for office before July. He was selected in April as a last minute stand-in for opposition powerhouse Mar\u00eda Corina Machado. Machado was blocked by the Maduro-controlled Supreme Tribunal of Justice from running for any office.\n\nSince the election, Machado had been organising protests across the country, urging supporters to use their voice to force Maduro\u2019s departure. A protest was organised for Friday, but it remains unclear whether anyone will heed her calls and take to the streets, especially with the heightened security protocols in place.\n\nAs for Gonz\u00e1lez, just hours after the kidnapping of his son-in-law, he announced to his supporters that he will continue his multi-country tour with the next stop being in Panama.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Gonz\u00e1lez was travelling in the United States when his son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped while on his way to drop off his children at school.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Gonz\u00e1lez said \u201chooded men, dressed in black\u201d intercepted his vehicle and forced Tudares into a \u201cgold coloured van\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1876684315494662368\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez did not offer any information on the children, and whether they had also been kidnapped. But his daughter, Mariana, in a post on X had clarified that the attackers only took her husband, and got the children out of the car.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1876725745571053866\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The kidnapping happened despite a significant increase in police and military presence across Caracas since New Year\u2019s Day ahead of Friday\u2019s oath swearing ceremony for Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who the government says won a third term in office, in a highly disputed and controversial July election.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez, a retired diplomat, represented his country\u2019s Unitary Platform opposition coalition in the presidential election, which he and Maduro both claim to have won. In a statement, the coalition described Tudares\u2019 kidnapping as a \u201cforced disappearance for political reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe demand the immediate release of Rafael Tudares and all political prisoners, who are hostages of a regime that knows it is rejected by the vast majority of Venezuelans who spoke with the force of the vote (on July 28),\u201d the coalition said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez left Venezuela for exile in Spain in September after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest for an election-related investigation. In recent weeks, Gonz\u00e1lez vowed to return to his homeland, to take the oath of office.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez, who\u2019s 75-years-old is currently touring the United States to rally support for his initiative to remove Maduro from office by Friday. That\u2019s when Maduro, by law, begins his next presidential term, after taking the oath.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting the US capital, Gonz\u00e1lez met with US President Joe Biden in the White House on Monday. He\u2019s also met with Republican US House Representative Michael Waltz, who\u2019s the US President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser designate.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez, who has been recognised by several governments including the US as Venezuela\u2019s president-elect, has not revealed how he plans to return to his country or strip Maduro, whose ruling United Socialist Party has a firm grip and control on all branches of Venezuela\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez had never run for office before July. He was selected in April as a last minute stand-in for opposition powerhouse Mar\u00eda Corina Machado. Machado was blocked by the Maduro-controlled Supreme Tribunal of Justice from running for any office.<\/p>\n<p>Since the election, Machado had been organising protests across the country, urging supporters to use their voice to force Maduro\u2019s departure. A protest was organised for Friday, but it remains unclear whether anyone will heed her calls and take to the streets, especially with the heightened security protocols in place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1876834485930516950\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>As for Gonz\u00e1lez, just hours after the kidnapping of his son-in-law, he announced to his supporters that he will continue his multi-country tour with the next stop being in Panama.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736306467,"updatedAt":1736314404,"publishedAt":1736309310,"firstPublishedAt":1736309310,"lastPublishedAt":1736309310,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/58\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_93b0970e-5c5d-5f69-97e9-6913326e5cff-8955842.jpg","altText":"Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia waves while he and compatriot Maria Corina Machado are awarded the EU's top human rights honor, at the European Parliament, Dec.17, 2024","caption":"Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia waves while he and compatriot Maria Corina Machado are awarded the EU's top human rights honor, at the European Parliament, Dec.17, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Pascal Bastien\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":972,"height":547}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3270,"urlSafeValue":"fouda","title":"Malek Fouda","twitter":"themalekfouda"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":12618,"slug":"venezuelan-elections","urlSafeValue":"venezuelan-elections","title":"Venezuelan elections","titleRaw":"Venezuelan elections"},{"id":29242,"slug":"maria-corina-machado","urlSafeValue":"maria-corina-machado","title":"Maria Corina Machado","titleRaw":"Maria Corina Machado"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":3}],"related":[{"id":2718330}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122003","80122006","80222003","80222006","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001","84251001","84252009","84252015","84252024"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","crime_high_and_medium_risk","crime_high_medium_and_low_risk","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general","travel","travel_by_us_locale","travel_europe","travel_south_america","violence_high_and_medium_risk","violence_high_medium_and_low_risk"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/01\/08\/venezuelas-opposition-candidate-says-his-son-in-law-was-kidnapped-in-caracas","lastModified":1736309310},{"id":2720714,"cid":8952224,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250106_NWSU_57441187","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"VENEZUELA INAUGUATION EXPLAINER","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What to know about Venezuela's upcoming presidential inauguration","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What to know about Venezuela's upcoming presidential inauguration","titleListing2":"What to know about Venezuela's upcoming presidential inauguration","leadin":"Both president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, have urged their supporters to take to the streets on Friday.","summary":"Both president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, have urged their supporters to take to the streets on Friday.","keySentence":"","url":"what-to-know-about-venezuelas-upcoming-presidential-inauguration","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/06\/what-to-know-about-venezuelas-upcoming-presidential-inauguration","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro is expected to begin his third successive term as president on Friday, amid strong international condemnation of his authoritarian rule. \n\nFollowing a dubious election victory in July, Maduro cracked down on mass protests that challenged the legitimacy of his government. More than 2,000 Venezuelans were arrested in the clampdown. \n\nThe opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, has called on her supporters to take to the streets on Friday, when Maduro\u2019s inauguration is due to take place. \n\nIt is important to show Maduro that his regime does not have the Venezuelan people\u2019s backing, Machado has said.\n\n\u201cMaduro is not going to leave on his own, we must make him leave with the strength of a population that never gives up,\u201d Machado said in a social media video over the weekend. \n\n\u201cGo outside, shout, fight. It is time to stand firm, and make them understand that this is as far as they go. That this is over,\u201d she added. \n\nWhy was the 28 July election so controversial? \n\nUnlike in previous votes, the Venezuelan electoral authorities did not publish detailed tallies after the 28 July election. \n\nInstead, the National Electoral Council, which is stacked with Maduro loyalists, simply declared the incumbent president the winner with a reported 52% majority. \n\nHowever, the opposition denied that the ruling United Socialist Party had won. To prove its point, it published tallies taken from more than 80% of the country\u2019s electronic voting machines, which it said showed a large victory for its candidate, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez. \n\nThe US-based Carter Center, which observed the elections, has said the tally sheets are genuine. \n\nWho is Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez? \n\nGonz\u00e1lez, who until last year was an ex-diplomat with a low profile, stood as the opposition\u2019s candidate in July\u2019s election, after Machado was banned from competing. \n\nThe 75-year-old promised to restore a country that has been beset, in recent years, by deep economic woes. Almost 8m Venezuelans have left the country since Maduro took power in 2013, with daily life made difficult by food shortages, high inflation and political crackdowns. \n\nGonz\u00e1lez, who is widely believed to have won July\u2019s election by a landslide, was forced to flee Venezuela in September after the Maduro regime issued a warrant for his arrest. He took refuge in Spain. \n\nIn exile, Gonz\u00e1lez accepted the Sakharov Prize on his and Machado's behalf late last year. The award is given by the EU to people who devote themselves to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought. \n\nShortly after receiving the prize, the 75-year-old told the Spanish newspaper El Pa\u00eds that he did not see it as a personal recognition, but as something larger. \n\n\u201cI see it as an endorsement for a Venezuela which, for many years, was a beacon in Latin America, a light where human rights, freedoms, the separation of powers and all the variables that form part of a vibrant democracy shone,\u201d he said. \n\nGonz\u00e1lez added that he would return to Venezuela to assume power on 10 January. However, it is not clear how the self-proclaimed president-elect will do so, as he faces arrest as soon as he touches Venezuelan soil. \n\n\u201cThat unworthy being ... has been saying that he is going to return to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,\u201d National Assembly leader Jorge Rodr\u00edguez said in reference to him on Sunday. \n\n\u201cEach and every deputy who defends peace will request, if he touches a bit of land of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his immediate arrest,\" he added. \n\nLast week, the Venezuelan authorities also announced a $100,000 (\u20ac96,110) reward for information leading to G\u00f3nzalez\u2019s capture. \n\nHow do other countries view what has been happening in Venezuela? \n\nMaduro has few allies, with many countries expressing concerns about the manner of his election victory in July. The US and many EU members are among those who have criticised his autocratic rule. \n\nOn Saturday, Javier Milei, the Argentinian president, welcomed Gonz\u00e1lez to the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. Gonz\u00e1lez, a former Venezuelan diplomat who twice served as his country's representative in Argentina, received honours usually assigned to a head of state.\n\nSeveral hundred Venezuelas who had gathered outside shouted \u201cEdmundo, Presidente\u201d as the opposition candidate emerged from their meeting. \n\n\u201cWe are doing whatever the cause of freedom requires,\u201d Milei said of his support for the Venezuelan opposition. \n\nAs part of his international tour, Gonz\u00e1lez also stopped briefly in Uruguay, before travelling to the US, where he hopes to speak to the outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday. \n\nWhat can we expect to happen on Friday? \n\nIt is unclear whether Venezuelans will follow Machado\u2019s encouragement to protest against Maduro on Friday, the day of his inauguration. \n\nFor its part, the Maduro regime has urged citizens to come out in support of him. Not everyone marching will be doing so for ideological reasons, however, as the government often forces public employees to participate in such demonstrations.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro is expected to begin his third successive term as president on Friday, amid strong international condemnation of his authoritarian rule. <\/p>\n<p>Following a dubious election victory in July, Maduro cracked down on mass protests that challenged the legitimacy of his government. More than 2,000 Venezuelans were arrested in the clampdown. <\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, has called on her supporters to take to the streets on Friday, when Maduro\u2019s inauguration is due to take place. <\/p>\n<p>It is important to show Maduro that his regime does not have the Venezuelan people\u2019s backing, Machado has said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaduro is not going to leave on his own, we must make him leave with the strength of a population that never gives up,\u201d Machado said in a social media video over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo outside, shout, fight. It is time to stand firm, and make them understand that this is as far as they go. That this is over,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<h2>Why was the 28 July election so controversial?<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike in previous votes, the Venezuelan electoral authorities did not publish detailed tallies after the 28 July election. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the National Electoral Council, which is stacked with Maduro loyalists, simply declared the incumbent president the winner with a reported 52% majority. <\/p>\n<p>However, the opposition denied that the ruling United Socialist Party had won. To prove its point, it published tallies taken from more than 80% of the country\u2019s electronic voting machines, which it said showed a large victory for its candidate, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez. <\/p>\n<p>The US-based Carter Center, which observed the elections, has said the tally sheets are genuine. <\/p>\n<h2>Who is Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez?<\/h2>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez, who until last year was an ex-diplomat with a low profile, stood as the opposition\u2019s candidate in July\u2019s election, after Machado was banned from competing. <\/p>\n<p>The 75-year-old promised to restore a country that has been beset, in recent years, by deep economic woes. Almost 8m Venezuelans have left the country since Maduro took power in 2013, with daily life made difficult by food shortages, high inflation and political crackdowns. <\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez, who is widely believed to have won July\u2019s election by a landslide, was forced to flee Venezuela in September after the Maduro regime issued a warrant for his arrest. He took refuge in Spain. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//22//24//808x539_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg/" alt=\"Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez (right) and Argentinian President Javier Milei (left) are pictured in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 4 January, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/384x256_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/640x427_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/750x500_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/828x552_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/1080x720_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/1200x800_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez (right) and Argentinian President Javier Milei (left) are pictured in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 4 January, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Natacha Pisarenko\/Copyright 2025. The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In exile, Gonz\u00e1lez accepted the Sakharov Prize on his and Machado's behalf late last year. The award is given by the EU to people who devote themselves to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after receiving the prize, the 75-year-old told the Spanish newspaper El Pa\u00eds that he did not see it as a personal recognition, but as something larger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see it as an endorsement for a Venezuela which, for many years, was a beacon in Latin America, a light where human rights, freedoms, the separation of powers and all the variables that form part of a vibrant democracy shone,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez added that he would return to Venezuela to assume power on 10 January. However, it is not clear how the self-proclaimed president-elect will do so, as he faces arrest as soon as he touches Venezuelan soil. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat unworthy being ... has been saying that he is going to return to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,\u201d National Assembly leader Jorge Rodr\u00edguez said in reference to him on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach and every deputy who defends peace will request, if he touches a bit of land of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his immediate arrest,\" he added. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Venezuelan authorities also announced a $100,000 (\u20ac96,110) reward for information leading to G\u00f3nzalez\u2019s capture. <\/p>\n<h2>How do other countries view what has been happening in Venezuela?<\/h2>\n<p>Maduro has few allies, with many countries expressing concerns about the manner of his election victory in July. The US and many EU members are among those who have criticised his autocratic rule. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Javier Milei, the Argentinian president, welcomed Gonz\u00e1lez to the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. Gonz\u00e1lez, a former Venezuelan diplomat who twice served as his country's representative in Argentina, received honours usually assigned to a head of state.<\/p>\n<p>Several hundred Venezuelas who had gathered outside shouted \u201cEdmundo, Presidente\u201d as the opposition candidate emerged from their meeting. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5624385447394297\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//22//24//808x454_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg/" alt=\"Venezuelans living in Argentina gather outside the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires to welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/384x216_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/640x360_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/750x422_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/828x466_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/1080x607_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/1200x675_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Venezuelans living in Argentina gather outside the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires to welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Natacha Pisarenko\/Copyright 2025. The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cWe are doing whatever the cause of freedom requires,\u201d Milei said of his support for the Venezuelan opposition. <\/p>\n<p>As part of his international tour, Gonz\u00e1lez also stopped briefly in Uruguay, before travelling to the US, where he hopes to speak to the outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8947272,8916396\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//03//venezuela-offers-97000-reward-for-whereabouts-of-exiled-opposition-candidate/">Venezuela offers \u20ac97,000 reward for whereabouts of exiled opposition candidate<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//17//sakharov-laureate-gonzalez-promises-return-to-venezuela-by-land-air-or-sea/">Sakharov laureate Gonz\u00e1lez\u00a0promises return to Venezuela 'by land, air or sea'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>What can we expect to happen on Friday?<\/h2>\n<p>It is unclear whether Venezuelans will follow Machado\u2019s encouragement to protest against Maduro on Friday, the day of his inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>For its part, the Maduro regime has urged citizens to come out in support of him. Not everyone marching will be doing so for ideological reasons, however, as the government often forces public employees to participate in such demonstrations.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736168590,"updatedAt":1736248275,"publishedAt":1736170134,"firstPublishedAt":1736170134,"lastPublishedAt":1736248275,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_64c0e1d8-45bd-5605-bd05-0c6a18454808-8952224.jpg","altText":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on 31 July, 2024.","caption":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on 31 July, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Matias Delacroix\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3472,"height":2312},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c9bc717c-4171-540c-99dc-255fc363c70d-8952224.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":8136,"height":4576},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/22\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9a5e381e-6743-54a7-bf5b-505183d238bb-8952224.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3177,"height":2118}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3272,"urlSafeValue":"sullivan","title":"Rory Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":450,"slug":"venezuela","urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","titleRaw":"Venezuela"},{"id":11588,"slug":"nicolas-maduro","urlSafeValue":"nicolas-maduro","title":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro","titleRaw":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},{"id":12547,"slug":"inauguration","urlSafeValue":"inauguration","title":"inauguration","titleRaw":"inauguration"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":2},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2661616}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":298,"urlSafeValue":"venezuela","title":"Venezuela","url":"\/news\/america\/venezuela"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84111001","84112005","84121001","84122001","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","news","news_general","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/01\/06\/what-to-know-about-venezuelas-upcoming-presidential-inauguration","lastModified":1736248275}]">
ADVERTISEMENT
