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What is the U.S. plan for Venezuela after the recent military intervention?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Gyel Snyder. Defense Secretary Pete Hagsath is describing what the next week will look like in Venezuela following the US military intervention that led to the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro.
It's gonna look like American strength. It's gonna look like options for President Trump. It's gonna look like protecting American interests and ensuring they're advanced stopping drugs. We're gonna get American companies in there, we're gonna get investment there. These these uh oil depots have been operating at twenty percent capacity. That's gonna change and we're gonna stop the flood of people in the United States.
Excess spoke to CBS News during Saturday's press conference at Mar-a-Lago.
How are Congressional Democrats responding to President Trump's claims about running Venezuela?
President Trump said that the US will now run Venezuela until there can be a transition of power. He did not provide specific Members of Congress are reacting to Trump's assertion that the US will run Venezuela from member station WHYY in Wilmington. Sarah Muller has more.
Congressional Democrats say Trump officials never revealed they sought regime change in Venezuela during recent briefings on Capitol Hill. Delaware Representative Sarah McBride says she wants answers when Congress is back in session next week.
This is a shoot first, ask questions, and gain authority later approach by this administration. So I'm very concerned about what the future has in store.
Cheered the military operation, calling Maduro an illegitimate dictator.
What does the seized oil tanker and Houston’s role mean for future Venezuelan investment?
For MPR News, I'm Sarah Mueller in Wilmington.
After the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, American officials sent it to the Texas coast, about an hour south of Houston. The city also serves as the headquarters for Chevron, the only American oil producer still operating in Venezuela. Francisco Minaldi is the director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He says many oil firms direct their Latin American operations from the city.
Houston is gonna be uh the center of a lot of the potential activity of investment in Venezuela. It has a long history of connection to Venezuela.
In a statement, Chevron said it continues to quote operate in full compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. For NPR News, I'm Nudley Weber in Houston.
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is in New York City. He arrived there last night and is being held at the Federal Detention Center in Brooklyn after he and his wife were taken into custody by the US military. He is to appear in Manhattan Federal Court tomorrow.
Why was former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro detained in New York?
From Washington, this is MPR News. In southwestern Switzerland today. Hundreds of mortars attended a church service this morning where a bishop said condolences had poured in from around the world for the victims of that bar fire at a Swiss resort that killed forty people. The service was followed by a march to the side of the fire. Officials say that sparklers on champagne bottles got too close to the ceiling during a New Year's celebration. Swiss police say they have now identified twenty-four people who died in the blaze. They are suspected of crimes, including homicide by negligence. Kenyans are mourning the loss of one of the country's most iconic animals, an elephant, who authorities say died yesterday.
What caused the tragic Swiss resort fire and the death of Kenya’s iconic elephant Craig?
Michael Kaloki has more.
The bull elephant named Craig had gained both local and global popularity for being one of Africa's last super tuskers, a term that refers to male elephants with tusks that weigh over a hundred pounds each. Conservationists say that Craig, who was fifty-four years old, died of natural causes in the country's Amboseli National Park, which is located south of the capital Nairobi, and is a popular destination for tourists from around the world. including the United States. Elephant tusk poaching has posed a challenge to both wildlife conservationists and the authorities here in Kenya. Craig's survival for several decades has been upheld by the government as a symbol of efforts undertaken to curb the crime.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the U.S. plan for Venezuela after the recent military intervention?
0:00–0:41
2
How are Congressional Democrats responding to President Trump's claims about running Venezuela?
0:41–1:32
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What does the seized oil tanker and Houston’s role mean for future Venezuelan investment?
1:32–2:56
4
Why was former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro detained in New York?
2:56–3:50
5
What caused the tragic Swiss resort fire and the death of Kenya’s iconic elephant Craig?
3:50–4:39