As the U.S. military presence near Venezuela increases, 60 Minutes traveled to the South American nation for a rare look at what life is like under its embattled dictator, Nicolás Maduro. "Instability isn't just an architectural feature in Venezuela;

In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence service.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro claims the U.S. is waging a war against him as the world's largest warship nears the country

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro says the U.S. is waging a war against his country as the world's largest warship nears.

On January 6, 2025, four members of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s team piled onto a couch in a Capitol Hill office, across from Mike Waltz, who was soon to become Donald Trump’s national security adviser.

In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS's 60 Minutes, Sen. Rick Scott advised the embattled Venezuelan leader to flee amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean.

A federal agent had a daring plan: persuade Nicolas Maduro’s chief pilot to surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.

Washington has designated Cuban-trained Maduro as leader of the Cartel of the Suns, allegedly run by members of Venezuela’s elite. Maduro claimed a re-election victory last year in a vote that the US and opposition said was fraudulent.