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Russian cargo plane arrives in Cuba, echoing frantic Caracas buildup
In Venezuela, Russian-made air defenses failed to repel the U.S. raid that captured strongman president Nicolás Maduro.
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Ukrainian leaders find lessons in Trump’s daring Venezuela raid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dared the West to act against the Kremlin in his speech on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela
U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta on Tuesday “without incident.”
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War powers resolution fails in Senate
Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela.
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Where Trump has threatened to strike next
President Donald Trump fired rhetorical warning shots at several governments across the globe this week.
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Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela
The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela.
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Venezuela’s military buries soldiers killed in Maduro operation
Venezuela’s military held a mass funeral in Caracas as it began to bury dozens of soldiers slain during the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro.
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‘This was surgical’: The tactics behind the Maduro mission
The entire mission hinged on a narrow break in Venezuela’s weather. When that window opened, the U.S. military moved fast.
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US Venezuela blitz spooks some Canadian officials
The American president has previously expressed his ambition to make Canada the 51st U.S. state.
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After US move on Venezuela, analysts see rules-based order at risk
Defense News asked analysts in Europe and elsewhere to comment on the impact on the global rules-based order, the NATO alliance and Europe.
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Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force doesn’t equal legitimacy
By declaring its intent to govern Venezuela, the U.S is creating a governance trap of its own making, Monica Duffy Toft argues.
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Videos suggest stealthy Air Force drone flew recon for Maduro capture
Videos purportedly show the RQ-170 Sentinel returning to Puerto Rico after the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Monroe to Donroe: A ‘dead’ doctrine’s revival for current operations
Barack Obama declared the Monroe doctrine “dead.” Under Trump, it finds new life.
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Trump’s Venezuela takeover fuels fresh angst about a US Greenland grab
The transatlantic dispute has taken on a new flavor after U.S. forces conducted a daring overnight raid in the capital of Caracas over the weekend.
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Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
Cuba has acknowledged the deaths of 32 Cubans in the American military operation that ousted Venezuela’s leader over the weekend.
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Maduro arrives in US, Trump says operation will let US ‘run’ Venezuela
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. forces had rehearsed their maneuvers for months, learning everything about Maduro.
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How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
President Trump said a few U.S. personnel were injured and a helicopter was “hit pretty hard” in the operation, but he believed no one was killed.
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Venezuela’s Maduro never escaped his predecessor’s shadow
Maduro, who rose from bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country’s democratic undoing, was captured Saturday during an attack by US forces.
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A year of strikes: US military operations surge under Trump
President Trump has presided over a surge of U.S. military activity abroad since returning to the Oval Office.
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Trump says US ‘hit’ facility where alleged drug boats ‘load up’
Trump declined to say if the military or CIA was involved or where it occurred.