President-elect Donald Trump says Venezuela's embattled opposition leader must be protected as President Nicolas Maduro takes the oath of office for a third six-year term.

Despite widespread domestic and international dissent, the Chavista president is pressing ahead with plans to be sworn in for another term on Friday

Police are out in force in the streets of Venezuela’s capital as the opposition calls for major anti-government protests.

The Venezuelan government under President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the arrest of opposition leader María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD).

She’s risking her life by fighting the Venezuelan regime and was briefly held by armed goons.

Machado was released after a brief detention while leaving a protest in Caracas Thursday on the eve of President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration.

The Nicolas Maduro regime arrested Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday after opening fire against the driver of the motorcycle in which she was riding, people close to her team said.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was detained amid antigovernment protests in Caracas on Thursday, a day before President Nicolás Maduro is expected to be sworn in to a third full

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she is now safe after her aides said she was “intercepted” at a protest in Caracas on the eve of President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration.

Maria Corina Machado, a 57-year-old engineer with rock-star appeal, became the fearless figurehead of Venezuela's opposition after being barred from challenging strongman Nicolas Maduro in elections last July. On Thursday, she was "forcibly detained," then ...

New York, United States - January 09, 2025 Hundreds of Venezuelans took to the streets of New York in support of anti-Chavist leader María Corina Machado and to manifest against the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro.

Hundreds of Venezuelans gathered Thursday in several cities of Colombia, the country that hosts the most Venezuelans, to support the opposition, promising to go “to the end” so that the candidate Edmundo González and opposition candidate María Corina Machado come to power instead of Nicolás Maduro.