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Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon are reportedly planning a visit to Greenland early next month to open a new Canadian consulate, in a show of Ottawa’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s move to acquire Greenland for the United States.

Paris and Berlin are reportedly coordinating efforts to craft a European plan to respond to overtures from the Trump administration regarding the prospect of the United States acquiring Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Venezuelan exiles and leaders in the community have expressed in the days following the arrest of former dictator Nicolás Maduro that the socialist regime’s structure remains intact, urging the United States to detain the elite who continue to control the country.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told Fox News’ Jesse Waters on Tuesday the Florida Attorney General’s office is “looking very seriously” at bringing state charges against deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelan former political prisoners of the regime of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and families of slain protesters recounted their harrowing experiences following Maduro’s arrest in a U.S. operation.

Russia’s response to the arrest of its ally in Venezuela, narco-terrorist kingpin Nicolás Maduro, has been low-key as of Tuesday afternoon.

Protests against the Iranian theocracy spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces as of Tuesday, including cities that have long been seen as firmly loyal to the ayatollah.

Venezuelan Interior Minister and long-suspected drug lord Diosdado Cabello threatened Venezuelans in a video posted to the Chinese outlet TikTok on Monday night, warning them, “to doubt is to betray.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a longtime ally of deposed and incarcerated narco-terrorist dictator Nicolás Maduro, is looking for a role in the crisis currently unfolding in Venezuela – and hoping to protect the investments Turkey made with the corrupt socialist regime.

The leaders of the United Kingdom and France signed a declaration of intent on Tuesday to deploy troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, providing security guarantees for Kyiv.

The Venezuelan National Press Workers’ Union (SNTP) denounced on Monday that socialist Venezuelan forces apprehended 14 journalists, 13 of them working with international news agencies, amid the installment of longtime chavista loyalist Delcy Rodríguez as “president.”

A covert C‑17 medevac flight carrying U.S. service members wounded in the operation to seize Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro landed in San Antonio over the weekend, where the troops were rushed to Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) for treatment. City officials confirmed the arrival after flight‑tracking data revealed the aircraft’s route from Joint Base Charleston to Puerto Rico and then to Texas.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the United States forcibly annexes Greenland, it would result in the collapse of the American-led NATO military alliance.

Nicolás Maduro’s son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, claimed during a weekend livestream that history will reveal who the alleged “traitors” were who helped the United States arrest his father.

“The necessary preparations” are already underway to reopen the American embassy in Caracas following the capture of deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. State Department reportedly confirmed Monday to Spanish news agency EFE.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday that “nothing is off the table” against deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. “They [Maduro and Flores] are in the Southern District of New

Ship tracking services detected around a dozen ships identified as loaded oil tankers departing from Venezuela in the first week of 2026, all of them targeted by U.S. sanctions.

Venezuelans inside Venezuela have attempted to maintain normality in Caracas and elsewhere as their first work week without Nicolás Maduro in charge of the country began on Monday.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Monday, during Lee’s first visit to Beijing as president. Lee said he wanted 2026 to become “the first year of the full-scale restoration of Korea-China relations.”

The Swiss federal government announced on Monday that it has frozen “any assets held in Switzerland by Nicolás Maduro and other persons associated with him, with immediate effect.”

Deposed former dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, claiming he is a “decent man” who is innocent. 

Socialist President of Colombia Gustavo Petro published a meandering social media post at 1:28 a.m. local time in which he claimed he was ready to “take up arms” if necessary to fight President Donald Trump, accusing him of making “illegitimate threats” against Bogotá.

President Donald Trump put Colombian President Gustavo Petro on notice Sunday, just a day after American forces captured former Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Cuba’s revelation that dozens of its agents were killed in the arrest of Nicolás Maduro confirmed that he did not trust his own people.

Throngs of Venezuelans around the world took to the streets Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the news President Donald Trump had ordered an operation to arrest socialist longtime dictator Nicolás Maduro, whose name became synonymous with starvation, torture, and exile.

Cuba’s communist Castro regime on Sunday decreed a two-day period of mourning to “honor” 32 Cuban military officials allegedly killed during the U.S. law enforcement action in Caracas that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris waited most of Saturday before finally joining Democrat lawmakers to condemn the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, saying the move will not “make America safer, stronger and more affordable.”

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro made his first public comment since capture during a handcuffed perp walk Saturday night inside New York City’s DEA headquarters before he and his wife were jeered as they were locked up.

One person was killed and two others wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the Russian border region of Belgorod, local officials said Sunday.

President Donald Trump put Colombian President Gustavo Petro on notice during a Saturday press conference, where he also addressed the fallout from the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelans celebrated when it was announced that the United States military captured Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan “Raizin” Caine on Saturday provided the most detailed account to date of the United States military operation that led to the apprehension of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, describing an extraordinarily complex mission executed with exacting coordination, global reach, and zero American casualties.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued an incensed statement on Saturday condemning the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump announced that United States oil companies will “fix” Venezuela’s “badly broken” oil infrastructure after the capture of the country’s former dictator Nicolás Maduro.