Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

Venezuela “doesn’t want to f--- around with the United States”, Donald Trump said on Friday. The president told reporters that Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, had made sweeping concessions to the US after Mr Trump said he was considering ground strikes against Venezuela.

U.S. military pressure on Venezuela is a major victory for Marco Rubio, who has swayed MAGA to his cause: toppling leftist Latin American authoritarians.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize last week, has called for greater US support to stop what she described as a “war” on her country by President Nicolás Maduro.

V enezuela’s crisis hit a new plot twist. Nicolás Maduro tried to hand Washington a dominant stake in the country’s oil and minerals to cool tensions. Then María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump wanted that prize for himself. The timing turns the temperature up. Here is how the pieces fit, and why Puerto Rico suddenly matters.

President Donald Trump shot down a question on whether the CIA has been authorized to “take out” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, calling it “ridiculous.” Trump confirmed that he has approved plans for the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela as well as suggest that U.

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela has been seeking to negotiate a deal with Washington, offering wide-ranging concessions in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries.

Thousands of Cubans gathered Friday in central Havana for a rally in support of Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.