President Trump welcomed a man who had been held in captivity by the Maduro regime during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, surprising the man's niece who was in the audience.

President Donald Trump downplayed acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez's recent comment to NBC News that Nicolás Maduro is still the legitimate leader of Venezuela, telling reporters Monday that the response was one of political necessity.

Jesús Armas’s joy at being released has been tempered by reality that the march towards democracy will be slow

Former Miami-Dade Congressman David Rivera and political consultant Esther Nuhfer face trial next month on charges of being unregistered foreign agents for the Venezuelan government.

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was defiant during a federal court arraignment on Monday in Lower Manhattan, where he appeared for the first time in public since he was captured two days earlier during a surprise U.S. military raid in Caracas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday.

Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's next US court appearance, initially scheduled for March 17 in New York, has been postponed to March 26.

In November, the Florida Board of Education adopted standards for teaching middle and high school students about communism. After that, President Donald Trump directed the U.S. military to invade Venezuela and capture Maduro.