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US lifts Caribbean airspace curbs after attack on Venezuela
The United States has told airlines its curbs on Caribbean airspace will expire at midnight ET (0500 GMT) and flights could resume as schedules are quickly updated, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Saturday.
The comments on X followed the cancelation of hundreds of flights by major airlines after the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.
United Airlines UAL.O is preparing to resume flights to the Caribbean, beginning with San Juan in Puerto Rico on Saturday night, it said.
"We expect to operate most scheduled flights to the region for Sunday," the airline added in a statement
Even after the removal of curbs, however, airlines will need several days to restore normal operations, said airline analyst Robert Mann, adding, "They have a day's worth of passengers basically," already stranded in the Caribbean.
Some US flights set to resume shortly in Caribbean
United says preparing to resume flights to Caribbean beginning with departures to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday night.
WH account posts apparent perp walk of Maduro
The White House’s official rapid response account posted a video of what appeared to be a perp walk of Nicolás Maduro.
The video shows the ousted Venezuelan leader handcuffed, in a sweatshirt, walking down a hallway at the Drug Enforcement Administration office in Manhattan.
“Good night,” Maduro says before asking in Spanish if that's the correct way to say it.
He then says "Happy New Year."
France 24's Noris Argotte Soto reports from Caracas
"Every Venezuelan was surprised": France 24's Noris Argotte Soto reports from Caracas, following the US seizure and extradition of Nicolas Maduro on drug trafficking charges.
US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says
Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations.
The dramatic action capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on the South American nation and its autocratic leader and months of secret planning resulting in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Legal experts immediately raised questions about whether the operation was lawful, and Venezuela’s vice president demanded in a speech that the U.S. free Maduro and called him the country’s rightful leader.
Speaking to reporters hours after Maduro's capture, Trump revealed his plans to exploit the leadership void to “fix” the country’s oil infrastructure and sell “large amounts” of oil to other countries.
Venezuela high court orders VP to take over presidency 'temporarily'
Venezuela's Supreme Court late Saturday ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to become the country's interim leader, after the United States seized President Nicolas Maduro and whisked him out of the country.
The high court ruled that Rodriguez "assume and exercise, in an acting capacity, all the attributes, duties and powers inherent to the office of President...to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defense of the nation."
The judges stopped short of declaring Maduro permanently absent from office, a ruling that requires holding elections within 30 days.
Maduro arrives at detention center in Brooklyn
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he is expected to be held before faces charges in court in the coming week.
Venezuela FM says US attack has upset peace in Latin America
Venezuela's Foreign Minister has told Russia's RIA news agency that the US attack on Venezuela has upset peace in Latin America.
NYT reports at least 40 people killed in US attack on Venezuela
At least 40 people, including civilians and Venezuelan military personnel, were killed in the attack on Venezuela early on Saturday, according to preliminary assessments, a senior Venezuelan official reportedly told the New York Times.
Venezuela's Maduro expected to face federal drug trafficking charges in New York
US defence secretary says Americans will profit from ouster of Maduro
In response to questions from CBS news, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Americans will benefit from the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
“We can ensure that we have access to additional wealth and resources, enabling a country to unleash that, without having to spend American blood," he said.
'At last': Venezuelans abroad celebrate Maduro ouster
Some of the nearly eight million Venezuelans who fled economic collapse and repression under Nicolas Maduro gathered in their thousands in cities worldwide Saturday to celebrate the strongman's ouster by US forces.
Thousands massed in the capitals of Chile, Mexico, Argentina and in Miami, dancing and hugging and waving Venezuelan flags.
"At last we'll be able to go back home," street vendor Yurimar Rojas told AFP, straining to make himself heard over an ebullient crowd gathered in Santiago, many decked out in the Venezuelan national colours of yellow, blue and red.
"This is tremendous for us," celebrated Yasmery Gallardo, 61, who said she planned to return home soon from Chile, where she has lived for eight years.
"I'm already planning my trip... I can't wait to be back in my country!"
Maduro arrives in New York after capture by US
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Saturday evening at a military base in the United States and was transferred to New York City, after his capture by US forces in Caracas.
FBI agents surrounded Maduro as he descended from a US government plane and slowly escorted him along the tarmac at a National Guard facility in New York state.
The leftist leader was then flown by helicopter to Manhattan, where a large law enforcement contingent awaited, AFP images showed.
The 63-year-old leader was to be taken first to the offices of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, then to the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal facility in Brooklyn, according to US media.
The detention center is the same jail where rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs was held throughout his trial last year.
Motorcade with Maduro inside has reportedly arrived at the DEA office downtown Manhattan
Mexico's left-wing govt condemns US strikes on Venezuela
Mexico's left-wing government on Saturday condemned the US strikes in Venezuela, saying any form of military action "seriously jeopardizes regional stability."
Mexico "strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally in recent hours by the armed forces of the United States of America against targets on the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has walked a fine line with US President Donald Trump and his tariff threats, also condemned what she called an "intervention."
In a television interview earlier, Trump warned Mexico to crack down on drug traffickers -- the reason he gave for Washington's actions against Venezuela and its leader Nicolas Maduro, who was taken to New York to stand trial.
Sheinbaum, who had previously offered to mediate a peaceful resolution to the US-Venezuela standoff, noted that her government maintains "a very good relationship" with Washington.
Venezuelan opposition leader thanks Macron
Macron tweets in support of Venezuelans
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts to the removal of Maduro in a post on X.
He adds that he spoke to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
"I fully support her call for the liberation and the protection of the political prisoners of Nicolás Maduro's regime," Macron writes. "Like all Venezuelans, she can count on France's support to raise her voice in favour of a peaceful, democratic transition that fully respects the sovereign will of the Venezuelan people."
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro arrives at Westside Heliport in New York City
Venezuela's Maduro now in US after capture
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Saturday evening at a military base in the United States after his capture by US forces in Caracas.
Maduro was seen surrounded by FBI agents as he descended the boarding stairs of a US government plane at a New York state National Guard facility, and was slowly escorted along the tarmac.
The leftist leader was expected to be flown by helicopter to New York City, where he faces drug trafficking charges.