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The fall of Maduro
The fall of Maduro: a running story on the front pages of 8 newsrooms from 1 January 2026 to 8 March 2026, 197 headlines over 67 days.
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8 March 2026
7 March 2026
27 February 2026
- AP Maduro's lawyer says US is blocking Venezuela government from paying deposed leader's drug defense
24 February 2026
15 February 2026
14 February 2026
6 February 2026
4 February 2026
3 February 2026
2 February 2026
- Al Jazeera Venezuela rights activist Javier Tarazona freed amid prisoner release
- BBC News Venezuela releases rights activist Javier Tarazona
- CNN Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison
1 February 2026
28 January 2026
27 January 2026
- Al Jazeera The ‘discombobulator’: Did US use ‘secret weapon’ in Maduro abduction?
- Fox News Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez snaps at Washington, declares 'enough' of US influence
26 January 2026
- BBC News Venezuela frees dozens of political prisoners, human rights group says
- CNN Trump claims secret ‘discombobulator’ weapon was used to help capture Maduro
- South China Morning Post At least 80 political prisoners released in Venezuela, rights group leader says
25 January 2026
- South China Morning Post Trump says US used secret ‘discombobulator’ weapon in Maduro raid
24 January 2026
- South China Morning Post US kills 2 in first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture
23 January 2026
- South China Morning Post US letting China buy Venezuela oil but not at ‘unfair’ Maduro prices: official
21 January 2026
18 January 2026
17 January 2026
- South China Morning Post Machado says Venezuela will be free with support of Trump
- South China Morning Post Trump thanks Iran for ‘cancelling’ hanging of hundreds of political prisoners
- BBC News Machado vows to lead Venezuela 'when right time comes'
- Wall Street Journal CIA Director Traveled to Caracas to Meet Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez
- Wall Street Journal It was the first known visit by a senior U.S. official to Venezuela since the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.
- CNN Trump is threatening to attack a country that produces three times more oil than Venezuela
16 January 2026
- BBC News Public pay their respects to Cubans killed in Venezuela during US raid
- Wall Street Journal U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker
- BBC News US forces seize a sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Caribbean Sea
- CNN Trump is threatening to attack a country that produces three times more oil than Venezuela
- New York Times U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela
- Fox News Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gifts Trump her Nobel medal
- Fox News US commandos board oil tanker sailing under false flag in Caribbean Sea
14 January 2026
- New York Times U.S. Involvement in Venezuela
- AP Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
13 January 2026
- South China Morning Post What assets does China have in Venezuela, and what may happen with Maduro gone?
- Al Jazeera Trump to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Machado on Thursday
- BBC News Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at the White House
- CNN Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House on Thursday
- Wall Street Journal Venezuela Opposition Leader to Visit White House on Thursday
- South China Morning Post Trump to meet Venezuela opposition leader Machado at White House on Thursday
- CNN Families demand proof of life as Venezuela releases only dozens of political prisoners. Here’s what we know so far
- AP Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
12 January 2026
- CNN Venezuela has a ton of oil – and something else America needs
- AP A $400,000 payout after Maduro's capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight
- Al Jazeera What resources does Venezuela have — apart from the world’s most oil?
- AP Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
- CNN Trump wants to own Venezuela’s oil, but its largest oil customer is speeding toward clean energy
11 January 2026
- South China Morning Post Trump declares US national emergency to protect Venezuela oil money
- New York Times How Venezuela’s New Leader Went From Revolutionary to Trump’s Orbit
- South China Morning Post Trump’s Venezuela and Greenland threats make Canada fear it’s next
- Al Jazeera What resources does Venezuela have — apart from the world’s most oil?
- CNN Trump says he has canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks on Venezuela due to country’s cooperation with US
- AP Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
- CNN Trump wants to own Venezuela’s oil, but its largest oil customer is speeding toward clean energy
10 January 2026
- CNN US seizes another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean
- South China Morning Post US seizes fifth tanker as Washington escalates bid to control Venezuela’s oil
- Al Jazeera Trump promises oil executives ‘total safety’ if they invest in Venezuela
- South China Morning Post Trump ‘cancelled’ second Venezuela attack after prisoner release
- Wall Street Journal U.S. Forces Seize Fifth Tanker
- Al Jazeera US seizes fifth oil tanker as Venezuela pressure campaign continues
- Al Jazeera What resources does Venezuela have — apart from the world’s most oil?
- Al Jazeera Trump cancels second wave of attacks on Venezuela after ‘cooperation’
- Al Jazeera Abduction of Venezuela’s Maduro illegal despite US charges, experts say
- BBC News US seizes fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela, officials say
- AP Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
- CNN Trump wants to own Venezuela’s oil, but its largest oil customer is speeding toward clean energy
9 January 2026
- BBC News US involvement in Venezuela could last years, Trump says
- Al Jazeera US says it wants to control Venezuelan oil indefinitely. Can it?
- Al Jazeera Abduction of Venezuela’s Maduro illegal despite US charges, experts say
- South China Morning Post Venezuela releasing ‘significant number’ of prisoners in bid to ‘seek peace’
- AP Why the US has designs on Venezuela's oil
- Fox News Venezuelan official reveals alleged death toll from US raid to capture Maduro: report
- Al Jazeera What resources does Venezuela have — apart from the world’s most oil?
- BBC News Why Trump chose Rodríguez over opposition leader Machado to lead Venezuela
8 January 2026
- CNN Trump administration demands Venezuela cut ties with US adversaries to resume oil production
- Al Jazeera US says it will control Venezuela’s oil sales ‘indefinitely’
- South China Morning Post US to take control of Venezuela oil sales indefinitely after tanker seizures
- Al Jazeera US seizes Venezuela-linked Russian oil tanker
- Wall Street Journal U.S. to Control Venezuelan Oil Sales Indefinitely
- BBC News US seizes two 'shadow fleet' tankers linked to Venezuelan oil
- BBC News Venezuela's interim leader sacks general in charge of Maduro's guard
- AP US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide
- BBC News US will control Venezuela oil sales 'indefinitely', official says
- BBC News US actions in Venezuela have created chaos - and that is a risk for China
- BBC News Opposition leader Machado says her coalition should lead Venezuela
- Al Jazeera Who is Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s ‘first combatant’?
7 January 2026
- CNN What it’s like inside the infamous jail where Maduro is being held
- South China Morning Post Chinese business owner in Venezuela warns of spillover after Maduro’s abduction
- BBC News US may intercept and seize oil tanker heading for Europe, reports say
- Fox News Why Trump is sidelining Venezuela's opposition leader after Maduro's fall
- BBC News Trump says Venezuela will be 'turning over' up to 50m barrels of oil to US
- South China Morning Post As I see it | Monroe Doctrine 2.0 portends the end of the US empire
- Al Jazeera Who is Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s ‘first combatant’?
- Al Jazeera Maduro says he’s a ‘prisoner of war’: Why that matters
- Wall Street Journal Now, the U.S. president wants oil companies to grow Venezuela’s production.
- BBC News Trump's Venezuela raid has created chaos - and that is a risk for China
- Wall Street Journal Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has alternately struck defiant tones and conciliatory notes as she tries to find her footing.
- Fox News Trump's Venezuela strike tests 'America First' as US takes control in Caracas
6 January 2026
- BBC News Venezuela's Maduro tells US court 'I am still president' as he pleads not guilty to drugs charges
- South China Morning Post Maduro says he is ‘innocent’ in court, declaring himself Venezuela’s president
- AP Who is Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's new leader after Maduro's capture?
- Al Jazeera Venezuela’s abducted leader Nicolas Maduro, wife appear in NYC court
- AP Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
- BBC News 'I'm a prisoner of war' - In the room for Maduro's dramatic court hearing
- New York Times Manhattan President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and his wife, Cilia Flores, were escorted off a helicopter and taken to the federal courthouse.
- BBC News Which countries could be in Trump's sights after Venezuela?
- Wall Street Journal Venezuela’s New Leader Rushes to Assert Control After Maduro’s Fall
- South China Morning Post What assets does China have in Venezuela, and what may happen with Maduro gone?
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim leader of Venezuela.
- Wall Street Journal Delcy Rodríguez declared a “state of external commotion” and security forces set up checkpoints.
- CNN US is making plans to intercept Venezuela-linked oil tanker that Russia has claimed jurisdiction over, sources say
- South China Morning Post Who wins – and who loses – if the US seizes control of Venezuela’s oil?
- Wall Street Journal Under President Trump’s version of the Monroe Doctrine, commerce and resources drive U.S. strategic intervention. Is Greenland next?
- Al Jazeera Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela’s president after Maduro abduction
- South China Morning Post China says it is still ‘committed’ to Venezuela ties and energy cooperation
- BBC News Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores's journey to New York court
- AP Oil stocks sharply higher after US action in Venezuela
- Al Jazeera Who is Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s ‘first combatant’?
- BBC News What it was like in the courtroom at Maduro's hearing
- BBC News The key questions on Trump's actions on Venezuela
- Al Jazeera How the US attack on Venezuela, abduction of Maduro unfolded
- Fox News We are two Democrats who support Trump’s Maduro capture but warn what must come next
- BBC News Thirty-two Cubans killed during US attack on Venezuela
5 January 2026
- BBC News Rubio says US not at war with Venezuela, as Maduro set to appear in New York court on Monday
- Al Jazeera Venezuela decries ‘cowardly kidnapping’ as officials back Maduro
- Fox News Marxist network launches 'war' against US within hours of Maduro capture
- Fox News Trump warns Venezuela’s new leader Rodríguez to cooperate or face ‘big price’
- Al Jazeera Who is Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, now leading the country?
- AP After capture and removal, Venezuela's Maduro is being held at notorious Brooklyn jail
- BBC News From Caracas 'fort' to New York court: Maduro's capture in pictures and maps
- BBC News The key questions on Trump's actions on Venezuela
- Fox News US targets Iran-Hezbollah networks in Venezuela following Maduro’s capture
- BBC News Who is Cilia Flores, Venezuela's first lady captured by the US?
- AP Capture of Maduro and US claim that it will run Venezuela raise new legal questions
- South China Morning Post Trump warns Venezuela’s interim leader to cooperate, or else
- Wall Street Journal Delcy Rodríguez is known as a political operator, someone Trump said is “willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again.”
- Al Jazeera How the US attack on Venezuela, abduction of Maduro unfolded
- AP How the Monroe Doctrine factors into US arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro
- South China Morning Post Will Beijing look to US capture of Nicolas Maduro for lessons on Taiwan?
- Wall Street Journal The capture of Maduro will force officials in Tehran to consider a broader range of risks as Trump threatens to intervene.
- Al Jazeera What is the Monroe Doctrine, which Trump has cited over Venezuela?
- New York Times How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader
- South China Morning Post Maduro capture: is the US trying to grab control of the global oil market?
- BBC News Trump wants Venezuela's oil. Will his plan work?
- Fox News Zelenskyy reacts to US operation capturing Maduro, wife Cilia Flores
- Fox News Kamala Harris criticizes Trump administration over capture of Maduro in Venezuela
- CNN Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro defied his enemies for years – until now
4 January 2026
- AP Trump says Maduro and his wife will face prosecution in New York
- BBC News Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro arrives in New York after US strikes
- CNN Trump’s legal authority in Venezuela
- AP What we know about a US strike that captured Venezuela's Maduro and what comes next
- CNN Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US met with celebrations in South Florida and apprehension in Caracas
- Al Jazeera Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro seized
- Fox News Details emerge about role VP Vance played in capture of Nicolas Maduro
- BBC News Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela and 'fix oil infrastructure'
- CNN Who Is Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s leader after Maduro’s capture?
- New York Times Maduro Seized and Brought to New York
- AP Maduro's ouster sparks celebrations among Venezuelans in South Florida
- CNN Inside the operation: How the US moved to capture Nicolás Maduro
- BBC News How the US attack on Venezuela unfolded
- Al Jazeera Democrats slam ‘illegal’ US attack on Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro
- AP How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
- Fox News Venezuelans worldwide rally after Maduro’s capture sparks celebrations
- CNN Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. What it means
- New York Times A pardon and a prosecution in New York show Trump’s personal geopolitics.
- New York Times Who is Cilia Flores, the power broker first lady captured alongside Maduro?
- Al Jazeera Colombia braces with alarm after Maduro’s removal in Venezuela by US
- CNN Venezuelans in Caracas react to US capture of Maduro
- CNN General describes timeline of Maduro capture
- CNN CNN reports from Caracas, Venezuela following strike
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela A burned vehicle at La Carlota air base in the Venezuelan capital after American strikes.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela Pro-government armed men deploying in the capital.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela An almost empty highway in the capital after the strikes.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela Anthony Guerra, 28, waiting in line at an open gas station in Caracas on Saturday.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela A woman shopping at one of the few open supermarkets in Caracas on Saturday.
- Fox News Travelers scramble for new flights as Trump claims victory in Maduro Venezuela capture
- New York Times Washington Demonstrators holding signs during a protest in Washington against the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and capture of Mr. Maduro.
- Fox News Trump's GOP critics sound off after stunning Venezuela operation, Maduro capture
- New York Times Doral, Fla. Venezuelans and Venezuelan Americans in Florida celebrating Mr. Maduro’s capture.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela Pedestrians running after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela Members of the presidential guard outside the Miraflores presidential palace.
- BBC News What we know about Maduro's capture and US plan to 'run' Venezuela
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela A fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex.
- New York Times Caracas, Venezuela People evacuating a building near the presidential palace.
- BBC News Why has Trump attacked Venezuela and taken Maduro?
- Fox News Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado could be next to lead Venezuela
- Fox News Maduro discussed drug trafficking negotiations in car interview days before US capture
- Fox News A history of Nicolás Maduro and his time as Venezuela's dictator
3 January 2026
2 January 2026
- Al Jazeera Venezuela releases more prisoners amid US pressure campaign: Rights groups
- South China Morning Post US sanctions Chinese companies and tankers with Venezuela links