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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in for third term as global backlash and sanctions mount

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents.
 
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Venezuela’s Maduro takes new oath amid protests and international rebuke

 

What to know about Venezuela’s upcoming presidential inauguration

 

Venezuela’s opposition leader defies Maduro to lead protests that end in confusing arrest claims

 
Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold an audience with the participants of the Jubilee of Missionaries and Migrants, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

President Maduro asks Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela. His comments come as the U.S. military continues to strike alleged drug-carrying boats off Venezuela.
 
The entrance to the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela denounces alleged ‘extremist’ plan to attack shuttered US Embassy complex

 
A man fishes in Cocorite, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Anselm Gibbs)

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

 
The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants

 
In this photo provided by Neon, former U.S. Green Beret Jordan Goudreau holds an assault rifle as part of a documentary film on the combat veteran's involvement in a coup attempts against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (Neon via AP, File)

Prosecutors seek to have ex-Green Beret accused of failed Venezuelan plot back in custody

 

AP top stories October 3

Here’s the latest for Friday, Oct. 3rd: Hamas says it accepts some elements of Gaza peace plan; Government funding vote fails again in Senate; Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced to 4 years and 2 months.
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Venezuelan citizen militia takes to the streets as tensions with the US continue

Venezuelans in ‘reverse migration’ pushed to new perils in effort to return home

Venezuela’s armed forces hold military exercises in Caracas

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Mexican authorities say they arrested an alleged local leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang

 
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP)

Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs

 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas), File

Boat strikes, warships and Venezuela rhetoric raise questions about Trump’s goals

 

6.2-magnitude earthquake hits northwest Venezuela

 

Private jet crashes at Venezuela’s main airport, injuring two people

 
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Colombia’s president calls for criminal investigation against Trump over Caribbean strikes

 
Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans in ‘reverse migration’ pushed to new perils in effort to return home

 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)

Venezuelan president’s YouTube account offline as tensions with US escalate

 
President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat, Trump says

 
Fishermen arrive at the port in Cumana, capital of Venezuela's Sucre state, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities

 

Venezuelan army has three days of military drills in La Orchila island

 

Maduro says relations between Venezuela and the US are broken after strikes on boats

 

Trump defends second U.S. strike on boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela

 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)

US military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, Trump says

 
Members of the Bolivarian Militia listen to a recorded speech by President Nicolás Maduro at a military garrison in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristrian Hernandez)

Venezuela says US navy raided a tuna boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise

 
Employees work inside a franchise of "Sabor Venezolano," one of 18 businesses owned by Wilmer Escaray which employ scores of Venezuelan immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in Doral, Fla., May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants

 
This image from the U.S. Department of State, contained in the Audit of Department of State Protocols for Establishing and Operating Remote Diplomatic Missions shows the "submarine" in the U.S. embassy in Colombia, where the majority of diplomatic staff at the Venezuela Affairs Unit work. (U.S. Department of State via AP)

Watchdog questions millions spent each year on shuttered US Embassy in Venezuela

 
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Vessel struck by US military off Venezuela was heading back to shore, AP sources say

 
Venezuela's coach Fernando Batista gestures during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match against Colombia in Maturin, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela and Peru fire their coaches after failing to qualify for 2026 World Cup

 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he enters a restaurant near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington, to have dinner. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat raises questions about his use of military power

 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

US upends its role as the high-seas drug police with a military strike on Venezuelan boat

 
A woman is detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents outside a Home Depot Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Several of Trump’s immigration policies have faced lawsuits, court rulings

 
Members of the Bolivarian Militia listen to a recorded speech by President Nicolás Maduro at a military garrison in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristrian Hernandez)

Maduro vows to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty as tensions rise with US

 

Supporters of the Venezuelan government rally to kick off militia activities

 

Trump warns Venezuelan jets will be ‘shot down’ if they threaten US forces

 
Syntia Caceres talks on the phone to her son, who was detained in the U.S. in July and her four-year-old granddaughter Aurore was placed in foster care in Georgia state, at her home in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela mothers ask US first lady for help securing return of children separated by deportation

 
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to reporters before touring "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Judge blocks Trump administration’s ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

 
Syntia Caceres talks on the phone to her son, who was detained in the U.S. in July and her four-year-old granddaughter Aurore was placed in foster care in Georgia state, at her home in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Deported Venezuelan mothers ask Melania Trump to help reunite them with their children

 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

A deadly strike marks a moment in Rubio’s long desire to confront Venezuela

 
Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuelans react to US strike on boat that Trump said targeted gang

 
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