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BREAKING<\/strong>BREAKING, <\/span><\/p>\n The southern area of \u200cthe \u200ccity, \u2060near a major military \u200cbase, is reportedly without electricity.<\/em><\/p>\n Published On 3 Jan 2026<\/span>3 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n share2<\/p>\n Explosions have been heard and plumes of smoke are rising in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent there, amid spiralling tensions with the United States.<\/p>\n The Reuters news agency also reports loud \u200dnoises were being \u2060heard \u200bin Caracas in the \u200dearly hours \u2060of Saturday morning, according to \u200b \u200cwitnesses.<\/p>\n The Associated Press news agency reported at least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas.<\/p>\n The southern area of \u200cthe \u200ccity, \u2060near a major military \u200cbase, was reportedly without electricity.<\/p>\n In recent days,\u00a0Venezuela indicated it was open to negotiating a deal with the US to combat drug trafficking, President Nicolas Maduro said, even as he remained silent on a reported CIA-led strike on his country last week.<\/p>\n The latest statement, made during an interview that aired on Thursday, came as Maduro has struck a more conciliatory tone towards the US amid Washington\u2019s months-long sanctions and military pressure campaign.<\/p>\n Still, Maduro renewed his allegations that the US is trying to topple his government and gain access to Venezuela\u2019s vast oil reserves through Washington\u2019s months-long sanctions and military pressure campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they want oil, Venezuela is ready for US investment, like with Chevron,\u201d he added, referring to the US oil giant, which is the only major oil company exporting Venezuelan crude to the US.<\/p>\n Asked point-blank if he confirmed or denied a US attack on Venezuelan soil, Maduro said: \u201cThis could be something we talk about in a few days.\u201d<\/p>\n Maduro has said the Trump administration\u2019s approach makes it \u201cclear\u201d that the US \u201cseek to impose themselves\u201d on Venezuela through \u201cthreats, intimidation and force\u201d.<\/p>\n Maduro\u2019s interview was taped on New Year\u2019s Eve, the same day the US military struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing at least five people.<\/p>\n The latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to 35 and the number of people killed to at least 115, according to numbers announced by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n Venezuelans and Colombians have been among the victims.<\/p>\n More to come\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BREAKINGBREAKING, The southern area of \u200cthe \u200ccity, \u2060near a major military \u200cbase, is reportedly without electricity. Published On 3 Jan 20263 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Explosions have been heard and plumes of smoke are rising in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent there, amid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[3044,21627,21626,1925,150,7295,5483],"class_list":{"0":"post-40127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-capital","9":"tag-caracas","10":"tag-explosions","11":"tag-heard","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tensions","14":"tag-venezuelan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}