As many as 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel were killed during a special raid carried out by the United States to capture Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro, according to death tolls published by Caracas and Havana. Colombian soldiers get out of a military truck on the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge during a patrol … Read more
President Donald Trump released a video that claims to show large crowds of Venezuelans “celebrating” the recent capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the US military. However, the footage is actually from 2024, according to a BBC fact-check. Donald Trump posted a video suggesting Venezuelan celebrations after Maduro’s capture, but BBC verifies it as 17-month-old … Read more
Some of the nearly eight million Venezuelans who fled economic collapse and repression under Nicolas Maduro gathered in their thousands in cities worldwide Saturday to celebrate the strongman’s ouster by US forces. People celebrate following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Santiago, Chile January … Read more
A Venezuelan woman in Madrid’s city centre toasted “a new beginning” Saturday, following the US seizure of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and the diaspora’s subsequent hopes of returning home. Venezuelans in Spain rejoice at prospect of return home Cries of “He’s gone, he’s gone” and “He’s fallen, he’s fallen” filled the air as the spontaneous, lively … Read more