{"id":5270,"date":"2026-01-10T20:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:51:18","slug":"trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-after-nicolas-maduro-captured-and-taken-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/10\/trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-after-nicolas-maduro-captured-and-taken-to-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela after Nicol\u00e1s Maduro captured and taken to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a dramatic january 2026 operation, US Special Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and transported him to New York to face narco-terrorism charges. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would &#8220;run&#8221; Venezuela temporarily, specifically targeting the country&#8217;s massive oil infrastructure for repair and management by major US companies. While Trump claims the occupation will be self-funded by oil revenue, the intervention has drawn sharp international condemnation as an act of &#8220;rank imperialism&#8221; from leaders in Latin America and US Democrats. Despite Maduro&#8217;s capture, the political situation remains volatile as Venezuelan officials, including Vice-President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, have vowed defiance and refuse to recognize the US-imposed authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 4, 2026. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/03\/trump-venezuela-oil-industry\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic january 2026 operation, US Special Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and transported him to New York to face narco-terrorism charges. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would &#8220;run&#8221; Venezuela temporarily, specifically targeting the country&#8217;s massive oil infrastructure for repair and management by major US companies. While Trump claims the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5335,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions\/5335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}