EventAction
US military strikes Caracas and captures Maduro (Operation Absolute Resolve)
Large-scale US strike and special-operations raid; Maduro and Cilia Flores seized. Context for the military-risk bundle: it showed willingness to use force in the hemisphere against a non-ally with little warning, and preceded the January 2026 escalation of Greenland threats. Not a Canada event.
- Date
- Kind
- Other
- Where
- International
- Evidence
- Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed
- Who
- US Department of Defense (styled 'Department of War' from 2025) (acted)
When people heard about it
The public does not always learn of an event when it happens: some come out later, and old ones can become news again because of something newer.
- Happened
- First reported
- (same day), in The Washington Post
Articles that cite this record
Sources
- The Conversation, “How Maduro’s capture went down – a military strategist explains what goes into a successful special op” (external site), . source record
- CNBC, “Trump weighs using U.S. military to acquire Greenland: White House” (external site), . source record
- The Washington Post, “A visual timeline of Maduro's capture” (external site), . paywalled source record