Maduro's capture leads to hundreds of Caribbean flight cancellations
The U.S. military operation capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.
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The U.S. military operation capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.
South Florida leaders reacted after President Trump said Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro was captured, while Cuba and Colombia criticized the move and urged restraint.
Congressman Carlos Gimenez said he supports the president’s actions in Venezuela and believes the next step must be a peaceful, democratic transition, not chaos or another dictatorship, with elections that reflect the will of the Venezuelan people and the leadership of opposition figure María Corina Machado.
María Corina Machado said Nicolás Maduro will "face international justice for the atrocious crimes" he has committed.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede says the expanded indictment against Nicolas Maduro, naming his wife, son and senior officials, underscores the depth of alleged corruption and leaves uncertainty about who will wield power in Venezuela after his removal.
Since the Cold War, the United States has conducted over half a dozen military interventions in Latin America.
Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins said the removal the Venezuelan leader offers hope for Venezuelans in South Florida while renewing her call for President Trump to reinstate TPS.
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In recent weeks, the U.S. has seized two oil tankers off Venezuela, launched deadly strikes on more than 30 boats the administration says were carrying drugs. CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede discusses past relations with Latin American countries and how oil is central to the current issues.
“After about 30 years of an abusive government, we can now be happy with the fall of Nicolás Maduro,” said Valeria Morillo, who still has family in Caracas, Venezuela. “We cannot wait to be back together again after about 10 years, to celebrate the fall.”
The U.S. government has sought Maduro's arrest for years. He was indicted by a U.S. court in March 2020, accused along with more than a dozen other individuals of narco-terrorism. Last summer, the Trump administration doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro's capture to $50 million.
FIU professor of Latin American Politics Eduardo Gamarra said, “The reality is, with Nicolás Maduro gone, there is no, let’s call them, a head of state.”
Rubio re-posted a statement he made in July of 2025, which said, “Maduro is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government.”
Journalist Mary Mena, who is in Caracas, said most people have decided to remain at home after overnight strikes and the capture of Maduro and his wife. She said the country may declare of state of emergency.
CBS News Miami's political reporter Jim DeFede breaks down the past indictment against Maduro following his capture by the U.S. government.
Venezuelans gathered outside El Arepazo in Doral, calling the removal of Nicolas Maduro an emotional turning point and a long-awaited step toward freedom for their homeland.
In a pretaped interview on state TV, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro evaded a question about a U.S. strike at a docking area that the Trump administration believed was used by drug cartels.
Three people were killed Tuesday when the first boat was hit, while individuals in two other boats jumped overboard, according to U.S. Southern Command.
President Trump said the U.S. hit a "big facility" last week linked to alleged drug boat operations, as tensions ratchet up with Venezuela.
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If caught and seized, it would be the third Venezuelan tanker taken by the U.S. this month.
It's the second time in recent weeks that the United States has interdicted a tanker, and it comes amid a large U.S. military build-up in Latin America.
The U.S. military says it has conducted 26 strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or Caribbean since early September, killing at least 99 people.
The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on both sides to meet it, Zelenskyy told reporters.
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A judge ordered the U.S. to return three migrant families who were affected by President Trump's family separation policy in his first term and then deported in his second.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
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For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
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