What is Venezuela’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’?
Caracas benefits from cocaine smuggling, say experts — but they question whether Maduro runs a ‘terrorist’ cartel
Caracas benefits from cocaine smuggling, say experts — but they question whether Maduro runs a ‘terrorist’ cartel

Multiple attacks targeted military, transport and communication sites in Caracas and Venezuela’s north

Navy deployment to Caribbean may be used to put pressure on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

Washington’s capture of Nicolás Maduro risks triggering internal instability and renewed conflict with the US

US capture of Nicolás Maduro lifts hopes that country will make good on some debt

US military build-up in the Caribbean and sanctions on the country’s oil add to citizens’ desperation

Nicolás Maduro uses US action to deploy paramilitaries and step up arrests of suspected dissidents