Trump’s tariff threats and political pressures are believed to be reasons third countries agreed to receive deportees.
Trump took harsh stance towards Venezuela during first term but has shown interest in collaboration in recent months.
President Maduro said the handover was a ‘direct request’ from his government to the US.
The ‘extraordinarily violent’ Venezuelan gang is the latest source of US hallucinations about horrors of migration.
Despite tense relations, Maduro government has suggested it could coordinate with Trump on immigration enforcement.
As President Nicolas Maduro takes up his third term, critics accuse him of continued abuses against rivals.
Government sends troops into coca-rich northeast Catatumbo region in bid to quell hostilities among rebel groups.
The free-speech advocate was among several activists detained ahead of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in last week.
Attorney General Tarek Saab says he has appealed to Interpol for the arrest of Leopoldo Lopez, who lives in exile.
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term as president.
![Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures next to his wife Cilia Flores as they leave the Capitolio -home of the National Assembly- after taking the oath during the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. Maduro, in power since 2013, took the oath of office for a third term despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve. [Juan Barreto/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AFP__20250110__36TD2JX__v1__HighRes__VenezuelaInaugurationMaduro_cropped-1736540032.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A new wave of protest accompanied Maduro’s inauguration, after a contested July election spurred fraud accusations.
The Venezuelan president promises period of peace and prosperity as the opposition and US continue to reject his rule.
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested after appearing in public for the first time in months.
On Friday, Maduro is set to start a third term. Will his inauguration continue his post-election crackdown on dissent?
