The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region. No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela on Saturday, according to FlightRadar24.com. And major airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean region … Read more
Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a … Read more
Months before the U.S. military arrested Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, opposition leader María Corina Machado called for what she described as the most ambitious economic transformation in the nation’s history—a sweeping privatization aimed at reversing his policies and what she calls “the disaster this socialist system has wrought.” Appearing virtually on the Fortune Global Forum stage in … Read more
Hours after President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the US plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South American nation. Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an indicted prisoner on a flight bound for New York by the time his Vice President … Read more
President Donald Trump left open the possibility of deploying U.S. ground troops in Venezuela as he vowed to rebuild the country’s oil infrastructure. While the military pulled off a stunning feat by extracting dictator Nicolas Maduro without any loss of American lives and only taking minimal damage to aircraft, maintaining order in Venezuela is a … Read more
On Dec. 9th, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would allow Nvidia’s H200 processors to be exported to China, subject to a 25% fee on all sales. The move has sent ripples through the American establishment, with many (including Senator Elizabeth Warren) charging that Trump is “selling out” national security. There is no … Read more
Uncertainty gripped Venezuela on Saturday as people scrambled to understand who was in charge of the South American country after a U.S. military operation captured President Nicolás Maduro. “What will happen tomorrow? What will happen in the next hour? Nobody knows,” Caracas resident Juan Pablo Petrone said. President Donald Trump delivered a shocking pick for who … Read more
President Donald Trump has committed the U.S. to rebuilding Venezuela’s oil industry, the key driver in the country’s faltering economy, after the capture and arrest of dictator Nicolas Maduro by American forces. During a press briefing on Saturday, Trump said “we’re going to run” Venezuela to allow for a transition to new leadership, and didn’t … Read more
In a Saturday morning interview on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Trump laid out the details of the overnight strike, after which he said Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown by helicopter to a U.S. warship. Later Saturday, Trump and other officials gave more details during a news conference from his Florida residence. Maduro … Read more
Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the American military attack that toppled Nicolás Maduro’s government — a stunning outcome they had longed for but left them wondering what comes next in their troubled homeland. People gathered for a rally in Doral, Florida — the Miami suburb … Read more