In 2002, 60 Minutes interviewed President Hugo Chávez about his rise to power, the coup that ousted him, and his return to power in Venezuela. Steve Kroft described the outspoken president as “a larger than life figure” who was a lot friendlier with the likes of Castro, Qaddafi, and Hussein than he was with the United States. Chávez died in 2013.
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President Trump has repeatedly claimed that making Greenland part of the United States would serve U.S. national security interests, given its strategic location in the Arctic.
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“We spent decades and decades and purchased in blood, and got nothing economically in return, and President Trump flips the script,” Pete Hegseth said.
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Many U.S. adversaries condemned the U.S. strikes on Venezuela, while other governments called for deescalation.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins “CBS Evening News” to discuss why the U.S. captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins “CBS Evening News” to discuss the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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After their capture, former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife were flown to Stewart International Airport, 60 miles north of New York City, then will be helicoptered to Manhattan. They will be processed at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Ali Bauman reports.
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When asked who would temporarily run Venezuela, President Trump referred to the officials standing behind him at the podium. One of them, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, joins “CBS Evening News” to discuss.
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Saturday that Nicolás Maduro and his wife “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.” Scott MacFarlane has details on the legal case against the former Venezuelan strongman.
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After the U.S. carried out an attack inside Venezuela, Trump said Maduro was captured and flown out, and the U.S. would “run” Venezuela for now.
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