Nicolas Maduro

Nicolas Maduro

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan for an initial appearance to face US federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New York City, US, January 5, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo

Venezuela's Maduro asserts immunity, urges US judge to dismiss charges

The principle that sitting heads of state are immune from prosecution abroad is a longstanding tenet of international law seen as fundamental to diplomacy

Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face US federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, US, 5 January, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Maduro case to test US narcoterrorism law with limited trial success

Abandoned pumpjacks damaged over time at a field of the state oil company PDVSA on Lake Maracaibo, as residents around the oil‑rich centre of Maracaibo in Zulia state remain uncertain about new investments following recent legislative reforms allowing greater private participation in PDVSA and aimed at revitalising the country’s struggling oil sector, in Cabimas, Venezuela, 27 January 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

Chevron, Shell closing in on first big oil production deals in Venezuela since US captured Maduro

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/AL DRAGO

Brazil's Lula says Maduro should be tried in Venezuela, not abroad

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez delivers her first annual address to the nation at the National Assembly on 15 January 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela, following US strike in Caracas that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Photo: Reuters

Venezuela's new leader signals oil sector reforms, warmer US ties

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Venezuela's Machado says has not spoken to Trump since Oct, plans to return home 'as soon as possible'

A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on 4 January 2026 holds a painting of him and late President Hugo Chavez, during a march calling for the release of Maduro, after he and his wife Cilia Flores were captured following US strikes on Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: Reuters

Maduro's son calls on deposed leader's supporters to stage protests

Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro is led in custody from a US federal airplane, at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, US, on 3 January 2026 in a still image from video. Photo: Social media/Reuters

Venezuela's Maduro to appear in US court, Trump says further strikes possible

US President Donald Trump speaks at Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US, December 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak

Second Venezuela strike possible if government does not cooperate: Trump

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a news conference following his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens, Greece, on 27 October 2021. File Photo: Reuters

China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/File

Trump threatens military operation against Colombia, after Venezuela raid

File photo of Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani. Photo: Collected

Mamdani says opposed US strikes on Venezuela, Maduro's capture on call with Trump

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is pictured with US DEA official. Photo: Collected

China calls on US to immediately release Venezuela's Maduro