Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in handcuffs, is closely escorted by U.S. federal agents after his arrival in New York on Jan. 5, 2026.

Politics & society

Venezuela strike signals U.S. is ‘serious about reasserting dominance in Latin America,’ UC Berkeley scholar says  

UC Berkeley expert Dorothy Kronick on what the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro means for the country — and the hemisphere.

The USS Gerald Ford, with jets crowding its flight deck, sails across open blue water.

Politics & society

Will the U.S attack Venezuela? Berkeley scholar sees uncertainty ahead