As MarÃa Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition.
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Top admiral briefs lawmakers on boat strike as watchdog faults Hegseth for Signal use
The Defense Secretary faced scrutiny on two fronts Thursday: over a strike that killed survivors on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean and his use of Signal to discuss U.S. attack plans on Yemen.
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White House justifies strikes on boat survivors, but it’s unclear where buck stops
In the face of charges that these strikes amount to execution without trial, the White House is sending a confusing message about who exactly gave each order to use deadly force.
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Venezuela calls Trump’s call to close airspace a ‘colonialist threat’
President Trump said that the airspace “above and surrounding Venezuela” was “closed in its entirety”. In response, the Venezuelan government said his comments violate international law, and are a “colonialist threat” to its sovereignty.
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‘A giant game of chicken’: Trump’s Venezuela standoff edges toward conflict
As Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela, any push for regime change risks becoming a costly, dangerous gamble — not the quick fix President Trump might hope for.
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Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should ‘just sink’ drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military’s strikes in the Caribbean.
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U.S. official says the ‘table is being set’ for possible military action against Venezuela
The country’s largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it’s unclear if President Trump will use military force.
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Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds
In interviews in villages on Venezuela’s northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists.
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Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat
The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration’s campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people.
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U.S. sends aircraft carrier to South America in major escalation of military firepower
The deployment and the quickening pace of U.S. strikes, including one Friday, raised new speculation about how far the Trump administration may go in operations it says are targeted at drug trafficking.
