CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Venezuelan government on Monday sought to show its people and the world that the country is being run independently and not controlled by the United States following its stunning weekend arrest of Nicolas Maduro, the authoritarian leader who had ruled for almost 13 years. Read More

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro

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A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, a day after President Nicolas Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation.

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A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded two others, including a 4-year-old child, in Russia’s Belgorod region on Sunday, officials said, ahead of peace talks in Paris this week

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Nicolás Maduro rose from a unionized bus driver in Caracas to the presidency of Venezuela, inheriting power after the death of Hugo Chávez and consolidating it over a turbulent decade in office.

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The United States has launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife

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