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US-Venezuela relations

President Donald Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the Oval Office, on January 15, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Daniel Torok/The White House via Getty Images/AFP)
January 16, 2026, 3:44 am
Venezuela’s Machado presents Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal
Venezuelan opposition leader hails US president’s ‘unique commitment with our freedom’ after meeting him at White House; Trump thanks her for ‘wonderful gesture of mutual respect’
By AP
A man is seen with the city of Caracas in the background on January 9, 2026 (Federico PARRA / AFP)
January 10, 2026, 1:10 pm
Venezuela, US set to discuss restoring diplomatic ties after Maduro deposed
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez condemns Washington’s ‘serious, criminal, illegal and illegitimate attack’ but says she is exploring diplomatic process
By Javier Tovar and Shaun Tandon
A supporter of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro carries his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on January 5, 2026. (Juan BARRETO / AFP)
January 6, 2026, 9:27 pm
US operation in Venezuela undermined international law, UN rights office argues
Spokeswoman calls on international community to speak out against Washington’s actions; Trump says countries not at war, US may subsidize rebuilding oil infrastructure
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez gives a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
January 5, 2026, 8:38 am
Who is Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of Venezuela after Maduro’s ouster?
A lawyer specializing in labor law, she is staunch defender of Maduro’s socialist government, but instituted orthodox economic checks on inflation and worked with oil companies
By Reuters
This screengrab taken from the X account of Rapid Response 47, an official White House account, shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C) escorted by DEA agents inside the headquarters of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Manhattan, New York, January 3, 2026. (X account of Rapid Response 47 / AFP)
January 4, 2026, 11:09 pm
How cocaine and corruption led to the indictment of Maduro
US Justice Department to charge Venezuela’s president on four counts, accusing him of allowing ‘cocaine-fueled corruption to flourish for his own benefit,’ and backing drug cartels
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Larry Neumeister
People celebrate the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after US military actions in Venezuela, in Doral, Florida, near Miami, on January 3, 2026. (GIORGIO VIERA / AFP)
January 4, 2026, 3:33 pm
With Venezuela raid, Trump fires a message to Iran and Hamas. Will they listen?
The bold operation in Venezuela shows the Mideast that the US president is willing to back up his threats, but will likely also convince Khamenei that the US wants regime change, hardening Tehran
By Lazar Berman
This screengrab taken from the X account of Rapid Response 47, an official White House account, shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (center) escorted by DEA agents inside the headquarters of the US Drug Enforcement Administration in Manhattan, New York City, January 3, 2026. (X account of Rapid Response 47 / AFP)
January 4, 2026, 11:04 am
Maduro in NY jail after capture; Venezuela’s VP Rodriguez claims op had ‘Zionist tint’
Venezuela’s Supreme Court rules Rodriguez, whom Trump has indicated he could work with, to become interim leader; UN Security Council to meet Monday over US operation
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. (Jim Watson/AFP)
January 4, 2026, 5:34 am
Displaying trademark chutzpah, Trump commits himself to another foreign policy project
By ousting Maduro and vowing to ‘run’ Venezuela, US turns page on pledge to minimize foreign entanglements; what’s next for Venezuela, and for American rivals Russia and China?
By AAMER MADHANI
A person flies a national flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (Federico PARRA / AFP)
January 4, 2026, 4:38 am
Was it legal? Questions abound as US captures Maduro, says it will ‘run’ Venezuela
With no historic precedent, experts say Trump administration’s stated intention to manage the country contradicts its claim that the military action was a law enforcement operation
By LISA MASCARO, Joshua Goodman and Ben Finley
This grab taken on January 3, 2026, from UGC footage released by Jose Abreu on his X account @Jabreu89, shows smoke billowing over Caracas, Venezuela, after a series of explosions during a US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Madruo. (Jose ABREU / @Jabreu89 / X / AFP)
January 3, 2026, 10:05 pm
‘He got bum-rushed’: Trump team describe capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro
No US soldiers killed in overnight raid, conducted after months of meticulous preparation; US blacked out parts of Caracas; operation lasted less than 30 minutes, Hegseth says
By MEG KINNARD and Michelle L. Price
US President Donald Trump (right) speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. (Jim Watson/AFP); an image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account shows what he says is Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026. (Handout/US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account/AFP)
January 3, 2026, 9:50 pm
After Maduro’s capture, Trump says US going to ‘run’ Venezuela until orderly transition
President does not provide specifics, but says Washington is ‘not afraid of boots on the ground’; also tells Colombian president he should ‘watch his ass’
By Reuters and AFP
A man walks past a graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on December 3, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP)
January 3, 2026, 6:06 pm
What’s known so far about the US strikes on Venezuela
US claims military took Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife into custody, drawing widespread condemnation; unclear how many casualties in strikes on Caracas
By AFP
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters during a march to commemorate the 'Day of Indigenous Resistance' in the capital Caracas on October 12, 2025. (Federico PARRA / AFP)
January 3, 2026, 5:25 pm
Who is Nicolas Maduro? Bus driver turned president led Venezuela with a heavy hand
After succeeding Hugo Chavez in 2013, Maduro persecuted political opponents and repeatedly staged sham elections, while his supporters hailed him as a hero who stood up to the US
By Reuters
Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, 2026. (AFP)
January 3, 2026, 2:24 pm
Trump says US captured Venezuela’s Maduro after ‘large-scale strike’ on capital
In swift early morning attack, explosions ring out in Caracas as US helicopters, special forces operate there; Venezuelan VP demands ‘proof of life’ of Maduro, first lady
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Venezuelan oil worker holding a small Iranian flag attends a ceremony for the arrival of Iranian oil tanker Fortune at the El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela on May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ernesto Vargas)
July 2, 2020, 11:27 pm
US seeks to seize Iranian gas heading toward Venezuela
American prosecutors say gas sale was arranged by businessman with ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization
By Joshua Goodman
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