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The Guardian
US wargames played out scenarios for Maduro’s fall. None of them ended well for Venezuela 14 décembre 2025 à 11:00

US wargames played out scenarios for Maduro’s fall. None of them ended well for Venezuela

Par :Tom Phillips · Latin America correspondent

14 décembre 2025 à 11:00

Venezuelan politicians battling to end Maduro’s rule reject claims his downfall would thrust their country into maelstrom of bloodshed and retribution

Nicolás Maduro is chased out of office by a massive popular revolt but the Venezuelan military takes to the streets, turning its guns on the civilians who have brought him down.

A palace coup sends Venezuela’s authoritarian leader into exile, sparking a bloody power struggle between members of his disintegrating regime.

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The Guardian
‘Follow the path of exiles’: María Corina Machado’s US-aided escape from Venezuela 11 décembre 2025 à 13:45

‘Follow the path of exiles’: María Corina Machado’s US-aided escape from Venezuela

The Guardian

Par :Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

11 décembre 2025 à 13:45

Nobel peace laureate’s decision to flee on people-smuggling route is highly symbolic, but will her influence wane if unable to return?

Venezuelan Nobel laureate reunited with family after perilous journey to receive prize

Thousands of Venezuelan migrants have braved the seas off Falcón state in recent years, fleeing their shattered homeland towards the Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao in rickety wooden boats called yolas. Many lost their lives chasing a brighter future after their overcrowded vessels capsized or were smashed apart by rocks.

This week, the opposition leader María Corina Machado got a taste of that perilous journey herself, as the Nobel laureate began her surreptitious 5,500-mile-plus odyssey from her authoritarian homeland to Norway to collect her peace prize.