Venezuela

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Artist’s rendering of the 2026 Kingdom of the Netherlands baseball hat in front of a Dutch fl
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Netherlands set to kick off Baseball World Cup against Venezuela amid roster drama
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The Russian research vessel Yantar, escorted out of the North Sea by the Dutch Navy on 4 November 2025
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Europe could stop over a third of oil smuggling, espionage ships: report
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Dutch baseball player Jonathan Schoop while playing for the Baltimore Orioles
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Key Dutch national team player out of World Baseball squad following Curaçao arrest
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Three Venezuelan human rights defenders stuck in the Netherlands
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Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez leads a Cabinet meeting after U.S. troops captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. 4 Jan. 2026
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Venezuela releases three Dutch prisoners; Will return to Netherlands quickly
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Several KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport. 21 May 2021
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Extra Dutch flights to fetch travelers stranded in Antilles over the Venezuela situation
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Demonstrators protest the U.S. attack on Venezuela outside the American consulate in Amsterdam, January 4, 2025.
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Hundreds protest U.S. attack on Venezuela at American consulate in Amsterdam
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Fire rises at Fort Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, following a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026.
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Dutch citizens urged to leave Venezuela as KLM cancels Caribbean flights
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Storm clouds over Curacao
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Cruise ships skipping Curaçao over U.S.-Venezuela tensions
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A KLM aircraft on the tarmac at Willemstad Airport in Curaçao, May 2023
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KLM to continue Curaçao flights; Island wants gov’t help after U.S. military near-misses
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Close up of a plane at the airport on Curaçao
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Two near collisions between military, civil aircraft in Curaçao airspace
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Curaçao’s Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas
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Curaçao Prime Minister also cancels Netherlands visit amid U.S.-Venezuela tensions
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Zr.Ms. Groningen intercepted nearly 2,000 kilograms on the Caribbean Sea, 23 and 24 June 2023
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Dutch Navy monitoring Caribbean waters as tensions rise between U.S., Venezuela
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A KLM Airbus 350-900
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KLM maintains flights to the Dutch Caribbean despite U.S. airspace ban over Venezuela
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United States President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, 20 January 2025
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Curacao staying neutral amid rising tensions between U.S., Venezuela
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Dutch man reported missing three months after arrest in Venezuela
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A memorial in Zaandam for Venezuelan refugee William Caseres, also known in the drag community as "Alyssa", who was found killed. 27 Jan. 2025
Crime
Venezuelan drag queen, 35, murdered in Zaandam; Motive not yet known
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Nicolas Maduro during the election campaign of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
Politics
Venezuela restricts Netherlands diplomats for challenging Maduro’s election claim
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Police in Spain arrested British suspect Robert D. in December 2015 on French allegations of cocaine trafficking. He was later accused of ordering the murder of Gerard Meesters in Groningen in 2002
Crime
UK criminal sentenced to life in prison for ordering murder of Groningen man in 2002
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Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundu González
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Netherlands secretly provided shelter to Venezuelan opposition leader González
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Members of the Venezuelan community protest the recent election results in Venezuela during a rally in Melbourne on August 17, 2024.
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Venezuelans demonstrate in Amsterdam against President Maduro
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Human trafficking illustration
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Five men arrested for human trafficking and people smuggling
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Rescue workers found a small yola boat carrying 34 undocumented immigrants from Venezuela, including a 2 year old. 26 December 2023
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Coast Guard rescues 34 Venezuelans, including a 2-year-old, en route to Curaçao
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Willemstad, Curacao
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Court rules Curaçao is illegally holding undocumented migrants in harsh conditions