Nicolas Maduro

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  • Maduro protests Yesterday 20:17

    By staff writer

    The kidnapping of a president and the outcry shaking the world order

    TEHRAN – The abduction of a sitting head of state—blindfolded and rendered to a Manhattan courtroom—marks the definitive end of the post-WWII diplomatic era.

  • Jeffery Sachs briefing Yesterday 17:01

    Jeffrey Sachs calls for an end to US strangulation of Venezuela

    In his Monday briefing to the UN Security Council, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs warned that U.S. aggression and “economic strangulation” against Venezuela represent a grave violation of the UN Charter.

  • Maduro 2026-01-05 19:55

    Russia and China condemn U.S. “crimes” and “bullying” in Venezuela

    Russia and China condemned the United States at a UN Security Council meeting, accusing Washington of committing “crimes” and “bullying” in Venezuela. The criticism followed a U.S.-led military operation that included deadly strikes and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

  • Trump 2026-01-05 18:18

    By Shahrokh Saei   

    Trump’s imperial reach: From Latin America to Greenland 

    TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against other countries, issued after the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a military operation that included deadly strikes inside the Latin American nation, are not merely reckless—they are a brazen display of imperial arrogance. 

  • Venezuela 2026-01-05 14:00

    At least 80 killed in U.S. strikes on Venezuela; Cuba reports 32 citizens among the dead

    The New York Times reported that at least 80 people were killed in Venezuela following U.S. military strikes. 

  • Protesters rally outside the White House Saturday after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a military operation. 2026-01-04 21:07

    By staff writer

    Worldwide anger at state-run abduction

    The U.S. government’s unlawful abduction of Venezuela’s elected president has ignited protests and fierce condemnations across continents

    TEHRAN – The United States has crossed a dangerous line with its military assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. What Washington presents as justice is, in reality, a blatant violation of international law and Venezuela's sovereignty. By abducting a sitting head of state and declaring that the U.S. will "run the country," President Donald Trump has revived the darkest traditions of imperialism in Latin America.

  • Venezuelan and Lebanese flags 2026-01-04 20:13

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Kidnapping sovereignty: When law of the jungle replaces global order

    BEIRUT—The modern international system is built—at least in principle—on a foundational norm: the sovereignty of states. 

  • Iran 2026/01/04

    By Shahrokh Saei

    Iran is not Venezuela: Play with fire, get burned

    TEHRAN – After the U.S. military strikes inside Venezuela early Saturday and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump appears convinced he can replay the same scenario in Iran.

  • Venezuela protests 2026-01-04 19:43

    By Wesam Bahrani

    US aggression on Venezuela sparks global protests

    TEHRAN – Mass protests sweep the U.S., Canada and Europe against U.S. military aggression on Venezuela.

  • Venezuela 2026-01-03 20:35

    Afro-Venezuelan activist calls for global solidarity after US attack

    Miranda, Venezuela — Christian Peach Ortiz of Cumbe Afrovenezolana recounts his personal experience of the early-morning US attack on Venezuela, describing the sound of explosions and the fear it brought to him and his family. He says Washington seeks to colonize Venezuela’s natural resources, calls on people around the world to stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people, and voices his support for President Nicolás Maduro.

  • Venezuela 2026-01-03 20:30

    Caracas protests back Maduro following US strike

    Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuelans gathered in the capital following the US attack on the country, rallying in support of the government and President Nicolás Maduro.The scenes were reported from Caracas by Chris Gilbert, professor of political studies at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV), who described the demonstrations as a show of public defiance and national unity in the face of foreign aggression.

  • Flag 2026-01-03 20:26

    Venezuela denounces U.S. strikes as grave breach of sovereignty and international law

    The Venezuelan government has condemned US military strikes on civilian and military sites in Caracas and surrounding states, calling the attacks a blatant violation of the UN Charter and a direct threat to regional peace.

  • Venezuela 2026-01-03 20:00

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Global condemnation mounts over Venezuela attacks

    TEHRAN – Condemnation is mounting as countries worldwide denounce U.S. military aggression on Venezuela and call for restraint and international law.

  • The unprovoked U.S. military strike on Venezuela and abduction of its leader is extremely astonishing 2026-01-03 17:49

    Exclusive dispatch from Venezuela:

    Washington’s ‘vile’ violation of Bolívar’s homeland

    "Tense calm in country after ‘vile’ US strikes"

    TEHRAN — In a brazen escalation of longstanding hostility, the United States conducted airstrikes on Venezuela on early Saturday (January 3) in what international observers have widely denounced as an illegal violation of national sovereignty.

  • The U.S. attacked Venezuela on January 3, 2026 (AP) 2026-01-03 16:56

    No further military action expected after Maduro’s capture, Republican senator claims

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will face trial on charges the United States regards as criminal, Republican Senator Mike Lee stated Saturday after a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

  • Venezuela 2026-01-03 16:30

    By staff writer

    The law of the jungle: U.S. aggression tramples on Venezuelan sovereignty

    TEHRAN – The early Saturday U.S. strike on Venezuela and the reported abduction of President Nicolás Maduro were not acts of justice or legitimate defense. They were manifestations of raw power politics — the law of the jungle — where might is imposed over right and international norms are discarded in favor of brute force. By bypassing international law and seizing a sitting president, Washington has spread instability across Latin America, undermining the very principles of sovereignty and self-determination.

  • Maduro and his wife 2026-01-03 13:32

    Trump claims Maduro is 'captured’ and flown out of Venezuela

    President Donald Trump says the United States has “captured” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country after “large-scale” strikes.

  • Venezuela, Russia, and the return of nuclear signaling 2025-12-31 11:26

    By Ranjan Solomon

    Venezuela, Russia, and the return of nuclear signaling

    How a distant crisis exposes the fractures of the global order

    GOA - At a time when global discourse is saturated with managed outrage and selective morality, certain crises are rendered invisible not because they lack consequence, but because they expose uncomfortable truths about power. Venezuela is one such crisis. Rarely discussed beyond caricatures of authoritarianism or economic failure, it has now re-entered the global stage in a far more unsettling form — as a strategic fault line in an intensifying confrontation between imperial persistence and geopolitical resistance.

  • Maduro 2025/12/24

    Maduro says defending Venezuela today is defending peace, law

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has sent a letter to heads of state across Latin America and the Caribbean, denouncing an escalation of U.S. acts of aggression against Venezuela and warning that the actions pose serious risks to regional stability. 

  • Venezuela 2025-12-24 14:07

    U.S. Republicans fear Venezuela ‘regime change’ could backfire as Trump escalates pressure on Maduro

    Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on Venezuela to oust President Nicolás Maduro, with some Republicans warning that “regime change” has a history of backfiring on the United States, The Hill reported. 

  • Trump and Maduro 2025-12-19 18:38

    Trump threatens military aggression against Venezuela despite American public opposition

    TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to rule out a military invasion of Venezuela, asserting his objectives are clear to President Nicolás Maduro.

  • US Venezuela 2025-12-12 19:14

    By staff writer 

    Piracy and pressure: US push against Venezuela

    TEHRAN – The confrontation between the United States and Venezuela in late 2025 is not a sudden flare-up but the continuation of Washington’s long-standing pressure campaign. 

  • F-18 jet fighters were deployed off the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday. (Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images) 2025-12-10 19:47

    By Shahrokh Saei

    Trump’s psychological warfare over Venezuela’s skies

    TEHRAN – The United States has intensified its pressure on Venezuela by sending two Navy F/A 18 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela. Although the Pentagon described the maneuver as a routine training flight, the timing and proximity to Venezuelan airspace made it appear far from routine. 

  • Former CIA chief analyst Paul Pillar 2025-12-06 22:35

    By M.A. Saki

    Trump reverting to 1920s–30s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in Venezuela: ex-CIA officer

    'Military pressure on Venezuela sends this sense to the world that Trump’s US is imperialist'

    TEHRAN – Paul Pillar, a former CIA officer and now a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies, tells the Tehran Times that the Pentagon’s attacks on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean, carried out under the claim that they are trafficking drugs to the United States, reflect President Donald Trump’s return to the “gunboat diplomacy” of the 1920s and 1930s, when U.S. military forces intervened in several Latin American countries.

  • Venezuela 2025-12-02 19:14

    By staff writer 

    Venezuelan voices vs. America’s cannons

    TEHRAN – Venezuelans took to the streets in Caracas and other cities this week to protest escalating U.S. military pressure. The demonstrations follow the continued presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Caribbean and thousands of U.S. troops in the region. The U.S. has also carried out more than 20 strikes on maritime targets in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September, killing over 80 people, actions that Caracas says go beyond anti-drug operations and threaten Venezuelan sovereignty.

  • Photo: BBC 2025-11-30 18:59

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    Law above the clouds: Caracas counters Washington’s illegal threats

    TEHRAN – Venezuela has forcefully rejected recent threats from President Donald Trump to treat its skies as closed, arguing the United States has no legal authority to impose restrictions on another nation’s airspace. Officials in Caracas insist that the move is not only illegitimate but also a direct challenge to the principles of international law.

  • Venezuela 2025-11-28 17:51

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    Trump’s Venezuela war drums: Drug fight or oil grab?

    TEHRAN – The latest statements from President Donald Trump mark one of the most serious escalations in the long confrontation between the United States and Venezuela.  

  • Venezuela 2025-11-12 18:08

    By Shahrokh Saei

    Imperial ambitions at sea: U.S. military escalation against Venezuela

    TEHRAN – The deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Caribbean has marked a dangerous escalation in U.S. military activity and sharply heightened tensions with Venezuela. 

  • Diego Sequera 2025-11-01 20:23

    ‘Power play on Venezuela’s coast is about hegemony, not drugs:’ Analyst

    Venezuelan analyst Diego Sequera told Iran’s Mehr News Agency that Washington’s latest maneuvers in and around Venezuela are not truly about the drug trade.

  • People in Venezuela participate in a rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro, amid rising tensions with the United States, in Caracas, Oct. 6, 2025. (Photo: Reuters) 2025-10-25 19:47

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    From cocaine to crude: Unmasking the U.S. agenda in Venezuela

    TEHRAN – U.S. media reports have blown the lid off the White House’s plans for regime change in Venezuela, revealing flimsy excuses for possible military action that simply don’t hold water.