Biden Raises Bounty for Nicolás Maduro to $25 Million - NYTIMES
Biden Raises Bounty for Nicolás Maduro to $25 Million NYTIMES
The United States will also extend temporary protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.
Reporting from Bogotá, Colombia
Jan. 10, 2025
The Biden administration said on Friday that it was offering $25 million for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, after he assumed a third term in office despite evidence suggesting that he lost Venezuela’s recent election.
The announcement was a retaliatory measure by Washington, which does not recognize Mr. Maduro as the rightful president of Venezuela. Mr. Maduro has presented no evidence that he won a July election, while his opponent Edmundo González has presented thousands of publicly available vote tallies that he says indicate he easily won the most votes.
The United States has said that Mr. González is the president-elect of Venezuela and has urged Mr. Maduro to step aside.
The Biden administration also announced that it was extending protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the United States with temporary protected status. The measure allows those who apply to stay for an extra 18 months.
