African and Caribbean leaders stress sovereignty, international law, and restraint as they react to Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.

After days of escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela, President Donald Trump issued a new warning Tuesday aimed directly at Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, signaling that Washington is prepared to further intensify pressure on Caracas.

Tensions between Trump and Maduro escalated in September after the U.S. government began attacking vessels off the coast of Venezuela, killing more than 100 people, in what Trump described as an effort to thwart drug smuggling.

To hear President Donald Trump say it, he’ll have a sort of slush fund of billions of dollars from Venezuelan oil that he can dole out as he sees fit.

President Trump, on his Truth Social platform, said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had "captured and flown out of the Country."

On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.” Delta Air Lines started cancellations in compliance with the FAA airspace closures.

Leonardo DiCaprio was forced to miss the Palm Beach Film Festival after the U.S. ordered airstrikes on Venezuela.