{"id":393465,"date":"2026-01-07T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393465\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:02:08","slug":"january-6-2025-trump-administration-news-on-venezuela-and-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393465\/","title":{"rendered":"January 6, 2025 &#8211; Trump administration news on Venezuela and Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-e1bb18adb65ba857.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"This photo posted by US President Donald Trump to the social platform Truth Social appears to show Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1350\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk2yzlwc00023b6qztv2ft5y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Venezuelans are entering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2t1j04000v3b6qu21l181w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">period of uncertainty<\/a> following the US military operation last weekend that ousted leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk36rmq500083b6trfyw4z4a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The seizure of Maduro and subsequent remarks by US President Donald Trump and other US officials have also spurred concern in other parts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/06\/politics\/trump-western-hemisphere-americans-polling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of the hemisphere,<\/a> including Colombia and Greenland.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z7600083b6q3vx9ywr1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Get caught up with the latest:\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z7600093b6qdtr1j1j6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Running Venezuela: Venezuela\u2019s acting president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/03\/americas\/delcy-rodriguez-venezuela-leader-atl-latam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delcy Rodriguez<\/a> said today that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2zij9z000f356q98ggvmil\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no external agent<\/a>\u201d is running the country. Spain\u2019s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2yfd1p0000356qvoiqbl89\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will speak with<\/a> Rodriguez and opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez to help facilitate a move toward elections.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z76000a3b6q2bghi51q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Deaths following Saturday\u2019s attack: Cuba\u2019s government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2u6z1g0000356rckgtk8gp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released the identities<\/a> of the 32 Cuban agents who worked in the security apparatus of the Venezuelan government and died during the US attack in Caracas. Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced the appointment of three officials to investigate the \u201cdozens\u201d of deaths resulting from the attack.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z76000b3b6qk3e9sies@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Maduro: US President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2qwr5k00003b6qpgiqkku7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">celebrated the capture<\/a> of the Venezuelan president, boasting that the high-risk operation proved the US has the \u201cmost fearsome\u201d military in the world.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/06\/politics\/maduro-wife-hit-heads-lawmaker-briefing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were injured after hitting their heads<\/a> as they were fleeing US forces trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/03\/politics\/nicolas-maduro-capture-venezuela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrest them<\/a>, sources told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z76000c3b6qzqbaokas@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Greenland: The White House said it is \u201cdiscussing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk333ofh00003b6s4adzhzeb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a range of options<\/a>\u201d to acquire Greenland, noting that using the US military is not off the table.  Greenland said it has asked for a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio following recent statements about the territory. Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego said that he is introducing a resolution to prevent the US from invading.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z76000d3b6qpfszt99h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Colombia: Colombian Foreign Minister Yolanda Villavicencio said she will submit a note of protest to the United States over <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2026\/01\/05\/world\/video\/fareed-zakaria-trump-warnings-colombia-mexico-ac360-digvid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threats made<\/a> by Trump against Colombian President Gustavo Petro.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z76000e3b6q03jgsnjt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Briefing reactions: Some US senators who attended last night\u2019s classified briefing on Venezuela said it raised more questions, while others now feel more assured. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2u0kem001r3b6q6jiybnqp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more of their reaction here.<\/a> Today, Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin, who is also a senior member of Senate Democratic leadership, said he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2w3l2800053b6qd515csz9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cmixed feelings\u201d<\/a> about Rubio after he was briefed on the Venezuela operation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmk360z76000f3b6qbqg3n1y4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Jack Guy, Gonzalo Zegarra, Adam Cancryn, Gonzalo Zegarra, Catherine Nicholls, Uriel Blanco, Patrick Oppmann, Nic Robertson, Alejandra Jaramillo, Kosta Gak, Morgan Rimmer, Anabella Gonz\u00e1lez, Mauricio Torres, Pau Mosquera and Hira Humayun, Aileen Graef and Manu Raju, Ivonne Valdes Garay contributed reporting.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venezuelans are entering a period of uncertainty following the US military operation last weekend that ousted leader Nicol\u00e1s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,165702,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-393465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-intl","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}