Tag: US Foreign Policy

The U.S. Senate voted to advance a bipartisan resolution, based on the War Powers Act, that would restrict the president from using military force against Venezuela without prior congressional approval. This procedural vote passed 52–47 and will now proceed to a full Senate vote next week.

Early Saturday morning (January 3), US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Venezuela, transporting them to New York City to face narcoterrorism charges. Venezuelans in America are torn, some praising Trump for freeing the country, while others condemn the capture.

After a surprise u.s. military operation that ended with venezuelan president nicolás maduro getting captured and flown out of his own country, trump told reporters the u.s. isn’t just visiting…it’s staying.