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Arcs in and about Venezuela from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 591 stories · 5,493 articles · earliest story we hold Jul 3, 2018

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The US military and pressure campaign to oust Nicolás Maduro

21 of 78 stories this December · gone quiet

Venezuela’s Maduro confirms ‘cordial’ call with Trump amid tensions with US · 7 articles, Dec 1Maduro resurfaces in Caracas, as Trump says he has spoken to Venezuelan president · 8 articles, Dec 1Pope Leo urges against US incursion of Venezuela as he warns Western countries to be ‘less fearful’ of immigrants · 9 articles, Dec 2Venezuela will continue accepting deportation flights from U.S. despite Trump's airspace closure assertion · 5 articles, Dec 2US deploys fighter jets to Gulf of Venezuela in closest known approach yet, amid rising tension · 11 articles, Dec 10US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast · 96 articles, Dec 10Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts · 12 articles, Dec 11US sanctions Maduro’s nephews and shipping companies it says move Venezuelan oil · 22 articles, Dec 11Venezuela says US has suspended deportation flights; US denies it · 8 articles, Dec 12JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft · 25 articles, Dec 14Trinidad and Tobago Will Open Caribbean Nation’s Airports to US Military as Venezuela Tensions Grow · 5 articles, Dec 15Asian shares gain, while oil prices jump as Trump orders a blockade of oil tankers to Venezuela · 5 articles, Dec 17Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' entering and leaving Venezuela · 81 articles, Dec 17Coast Guard pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt sanctions, US official says · 72 articles, Dec 20US forces stop 2nd merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela, American officials say · 26 articles, Dec 20Trump holds an event with Rubio and Hegseth during vacation as tensions with Venezuela mount · 13 articles, Dec 22White House orders military to focus on ‘quarantine’ of Venezuela oil · 5 articles, Dec 24Trump says the U.S. took out a 'big facility' in Venezuela amid strikes on alleged drug boats · 20 articles, Dec 29CIA behind strike at Venezuelan dock that Trump claims was used by drug smugglers, AP sources say · 15 articles, Dec 29Trump says the US ‘hit’ a facility along shore where he says alleged drug boats ‘load up’ · 33 articles, Dec 29At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas · 16 articles, Dec 31
The US military's strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela and in the Pacific

17 of 68 stories this December

Trump ‘wouldn’t have wanted’ second strike on Caribbean boat survivors · 6 articles, Dec 1Do Americans support Trump’s boat strikes? It’s complicated. · 9 articles, Dec 1Lawmakers to hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors · 21 articles, Dec 1White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful · 25 articles, Dec 1GOP senator: Hegseth is either lying about second boat strike or incompetent · 5 articles, Dec 2Publisher condemns 'violent' use of Franklin the Turtle after Pete Hegseth's boat strike post · 18 articles, Dec 2Hegseth cites ‘fog of war’ in defending follow-on strike on alleged drug boat · 22 articles, Dec 2Trump calls his Cabinet to meet amid scrutiny over boat strikes · 8 articles, Dec 2Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US boat strike files complaint alleging he was murdered · 9 articles, Dec 3Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny from Congress over boat strikes · 16 articles, Dec 3US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive · 9 articles, Dec 5Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force ‘as he sees fit’ · 19 articles, Dec 6US military says 2 strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5 in eastern Pacific · 48 articles, Dec 16U.S. strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific · 11 articles, Dec 23US military strikes 5 more alleged drug boats, killing 8 and possibly leaving survivors · 22 articles, Dec 30US military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat · 6 articles, Dec 30US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 2 'narco-terrorists,' officials say · 6 articles, Dec 30
María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize and her presentation of it to Trump

3 of 11 stories this December · gone quiet

María Corina Machado arrives in Oslo after Nobel ceremony · 52 articles, Dec 9Venezuela’s Machado won’t attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony · 30 articles, Dec 9Machado has left Oslo after the Nobel Prize ceremony, her spokesman says · 8 articles, Dec 17

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else64 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Venezuela that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 30U.S. sanctions 10 people and firms from Iran and Venezuela over drone and missile trade6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 1 right
  2. Dec 22China Condemns U.S. Seizing Venezuela Oil Tankers1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  3. Dec 19Rubio will field questions on Russia-Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela at news conference5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  4. Dec 17LIVE: Oil Prices Surge 2.5% as Trump Orders Blockade of Venezuelan Tankers1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  5. Oct 19Pope Leo canonizes Venezuela's 'doctor of the poor' as saint16 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
  6. Sep 256.2-magnitude earthquake hits northwest Venezuela9 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  7. Jul 18– 22Venezuela says US migrants were tortured in El Salvador – DW11 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 1 right
  8. Jul 18– 19Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that also frees migrants deported by U.S. to El Salvador32 articles · 24 independent sources
    2 left, 10 center, 3 right
  9. May 20– 21Venezuela frees US Air Force veteran considered wrongfully detained, his family says8 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 2 right
  10. May 14– 15Venezuelan toddler who was kept in US after parents' deportation returns to Venezuela19 articles · 12 independent sources
    1 left, 6 center, 0 right

Stories that name Venezuela

  1. Dec 16– 17Top takeaways from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' interviews with Vanity Fair49 articles · 29 independent sources
    7 left, 6 center, 4 right
  2. Dec 15– 17Trump designates fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction in new executive order35 articles · 30 independent sources
    5 left, 6 center, 9 right
  3. Dec 3Trump administration halts immigration applications for migrants from 19 nations53 articles · 29 independent sources
    6 left, 9 center, 6 right
  4. Dec 1– 2First Lady Melania Trump unveils 2025 White House Christmas decorations40 articles · 25 independent sources
    1 left, 9 center, 4 right
  5. Nov 29– Dec 3Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández freed after Trump pardon in drug trafficking case60 articles · 43 independent sources
    13 left, 17 center, 6 right
  6. Nov 17– 18Trump says he is open to U.S. strikes in Mexico5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Nov 13– 18The prospect of an embarrassing defeat convinced Trump to reverse course on Epstein files159 articles · 65 independent sources
    16 left, 23 center, 16 right
  8. Nov 7– 8Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. An AP report finds otherwise6 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 0 right
  9. Nov 3Trump '60 Minutes' interview: Here's what happened23 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 2 right
  10. Oct 9– 10Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize before. Experts say he’s unlikely to win this year51 articles · 31 independent sources
    3 left, 7 center, 10 right

Local coverage

  1. Jan 7Venezuelan opposition leader says son-in-law kidnapped in Caracas5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
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