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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, … In May of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin played host to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in the Grand Kremlin Palace, just ahead of major celebrations in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. It was a symbolic moment that showcased Putin’s main alliance …

The resolution now moves to the House of Representatives, where it will require approval before being sent to the president. The United States Senate has voted 52–48 to pass a War Powers resolution aimed at restricting President Donald Trump’s military action in Venezuela. The vote reflects growing concern among lawmakers over recent US actions involving Venezuela and the scope of …

President Donald Trump is looking for new acquisitions for his 21st-century empire-building project after removing the head of Venezuela’s hateful regime. During his first term, his designs on Greenland were considered a joke — just another brazen boast of a president who loves to shock. Even last year, when Donald Trump Jr. flew to the vast island on his father’s …

It took just a few hours for Donald Trump to upend a relationship that China had been cultivating for decades. Only hours before he was seized in a nighttime raid, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had been praising his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as “an older brother” with a “powerful message as a leader to the world” during a meeting with …

Venezuela remains on edge following the capture of ousted leader Nicolás Maduro. Security forces were seen patrolling the streets, and gunfire and anti-aircraft fire were reported over the capital of Caracas overnight. A Venezuelan ministry spokesperson said “no confrontation occurred.” Sigue nuestra cobertura en español. Renewed focus on Greenland: Leaders from major European powers expressed support for Greenland and Denmark …

Nicolás Maduro, the former far-left leader of Venezuela captured in a U.S. special forces operation over the weekend along with his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court Monday on federal narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and firearms charges. The case has drawn comparisons to the similar downfall of Panama dictator Manuel Noriega in the 1980s and appears to illustrate a reorganization of …

Every Jan. 5 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Neumann, Redemptorist missionary, fourth bishop of the city of Philadelphia, and organizer of the first Catholic education network in the U.S. John Nepomucene Neumann was born in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, in 1811. He attended school in Budweis and years later, in 1831, entered the seminary in that …

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated by a courtroom reporter before being cut off …

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be arraigned in federal court at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City on Monday, federal authorities announced, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in a daring military operation ordered by President Donald Trump. Maduro has been charged with four counts – narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation …

Venezuela is entering a new and very uncertain era after the sudden capture and removal of Nicolas Máduro, the country’s president for the last 12 years. Amid widespread apprehension about what comes next, the streets of the capital Caracas and other cities have been quiet. People are apprehensive about being out and about, with the security forces on edge. But …