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Explosions heard over Venezuelan capital Caracas amid US tensions​

The southern area of ‌the ‌city, ⁠near a major military ‌base, is reportedly without electricity.

Smoke raises at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela on Saturday [Matias Delacroix/AP]

ByAl Jazeera Staffand News Agencies
Published On 3 Jan 20263 Jan 2026
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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.

Video footage obtained by Al Jazeera showed balls of fire and thick smoke coming from a structure next to a body of water in Caracas early on Saturday.

Citing sources, Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman, who is reporting from Santiago in Chile, said the explosion occurred near or around Fortuna, the main military base in Caracas.

“Fortuna is a key military base there. A series of explosions were reportedly heard throughout the area followed by a blackout,” Newman said.

Our correspondent added that there is a “presumption” that the US has something to do with the incident.

“We don’t know yet how this explosion happened. There is also a possibility that this is an act of an internal sabotage among elements of the military who are trying to oust President Nicolas Maduro,” Newman noted.

The Associated Press news agency reported at least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in the capital.

In recent days, Venezuela’s Maduro indicated that Venezuela was open to negotiating a deal with the US to combat drug trafficking, even as he remained silent on a reported CIA-led strike on his country last week.

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’s months-long sanctions and military pressure campaign.

Still, Maduro renewed his allegations that the US is trying to topple his government and gain access to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves through Washington’s months-long sanctions and military pressure campaign.

Asked point-blank if he confirmed or denied a US attack on Venezuelan soil, Maduro said: “This could be something we talk about in a few days.”

Maduro has said the Trump administration’s approach makes it “clear” that the US “seek to impose themselves” on Venezuela through “threats, intimidation and force”.

Maduro’s interview was taped on New Year’s Eve, the same day the US military struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing at least five people.

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.

Venezuelans and Colombians have been among the victims.

 

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Explosions heard as smoke rises in Venezuelan capital Caracas​

Summary​

• Explosions have been heard as smoke rises in the Venezuelan capital Caracas
• Several of the surrounding communities are without power, following numerous reports of explosions in several places, including military installations
• It comes at a moment of heightened tension between the US and Venezuela, writes our correspondent

Live Reporting​

Edited by Matt Spivey

1. Trump administration aware of explosions and aircraft over Venezuela - CBS​

   Trump administration officials are aware of reports of explosions and aircraft over Venezuela's capital Caracas early Saturday morning, sources tell the BBC's US partner CBS News.
   
   This comes after weeks of pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from the Trump administration.
   
   The US president accuses his Venezuelan counterpart of infiltrating America with drug trafficking and crime.

Will Grant
Central America and Cuba Correspondent

There were numerous near-simultaneous reports of explosions in several places in Caracas, including military installations.

La Carlota, a military airfield in the centre of the city, and the main military base of Fuerte Tiuna were described by eyewitnesses as having been affected, with video circulating of apparent explosions at both.

Several of the surrounding communities are without power. There are unconfirmed reports of planes flying over the city.

The developments come at a moment of heightened tension between the US and Venezuela as Washington keeps up its military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs.

The US says the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was illegitimately elected and is personally involved in drug-smuggling through the country.

The Venezuelan Government say recent actions by Washington – which include the confiscation of sanctioned oil tankers – are part of an effort to force the removal of President Maduro from power and control Venezuela’s oil reserves.

 

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CNN team witnesses multiple explosions in Venezuela’s capital Caracas​

By
Stefano Pozzebon
, Osmary Hernandez and Mary Triny Mena, CNN
Updated 34 min ago

Smoke raises at La Carlota airport ...

Caracas —
A CNN team witnessed several explosions early Saturday in Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity.

The first blast was recorded at approximately 1.50am local time (0.50aET).

“One was so strong, my window was shaking after it,” CNNE correspondent Osmary Hernandez said.


Several areas of the city were without power and CNN journalists in the Venezuelan capital could hear sound of aircraft after the explosions.

The cause of the explosions was unclear.

One video obtained and verified by CNN showed two plumes of smoke rising into the night sky amid city lights. An orange glow can be seen at the base of one of the plumes. Then a flash in another location is briefly seen, followed by a dull booming sound.

Venezuelan news outlets Efecto Cocuyo and Tal Cual Digital reported explosions were also heard in La Guaira state north of Caracas and on the country’s coast, and at Higuerote a city on the coast in Miranda state.


US President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that the US is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela and that strikes on land will start “soon.”

In October, Trump said that he authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela to clamp down on illegal flows of migrants and drugs from the South American nation.

CNN has reached out to the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon for comment.


This is a developing story and will be updated.

Alejandra Jaramillo and Isaac Yee contributed to this report

 

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BREAKING: Venezuela accuses US of carrying out ‘military aggression’; Maduro activates defense plans​

From CNN’s Michael Rios and Juliana Gonzalez

Picture of fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after a series of explosions in Caracas on Saturday.
Luis Jaimes/AFP/Getty Images


Venezuela’s government condemned what it said was a “very serious grave military aggression” by the US against multiple parts of the country after explosions were reported in the capital Caracas and other locations early on Saturday.

In a statement, the government accused the US of carrying out an attack on Caracas and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.

President Nicolás Maduro has signed a state of emergency and ordered all national defense plans to be implemented “at the appropriate time and under the appropriate circumstances,” a statement from the government read.

It also called on Venezuela’s social and political forces to mobilize and defend the country.

“The people of Venezuela and their Bolivarian National Armed Forces, in perfect popular-military-police unity, are deployed to guarantee sovereignty and peace,” a statement read.
The statement said Venezuela will also file complaints before the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary-General, and other international bodies, demanding the condemnation of the US.

 

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Venezuela's Maduro declares national emergency after Caracas hit by explosions, smoke seen in capital​

At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2am local time on Saturday (Jan 3) in Caracas, while Venezuela's government says attacks also took place in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La ‌Guaira.

 

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US bombs Venezuela as blasts rock Caracas in major escalation​

Sami Quadri
Sat, 3 January 2026 at 4:40 PM SGT
2 min read

(via REUTERS)
The United States has launched airstrikes on Venezuela, bombing military installations across the crisis-hit nation in a dramatic escalation.

At least seven huge explosions tore through the capital Caracas overnight as American warplanes pounded targets inside the country.

The devastating assault comes after months of threats from President Donald Trump that he would take military action if Venezuela refused to halt drug-smuggling boats heading towards the US.

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Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been branded the head of a narco-terrorist state by Washington.

Since August, America has been cranking up the pressure on the embattled regime - flying combat sorties close to the border, building up naval forces in nearby waters and killing suspected drug smugglers on motor boats.

 

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Beko paratroopers failed in their first attack on the Venezuelan presidential palace and were repelled.

 

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Trump warning over Iran protests 'reckless' says foreign minister​

IMAGE SOURCE, EPA
Image caption, Iranian shopkeepers and traders protesting in Tehran earlier this week. Article Information

• • Author, Claire Keenan
• 3 January 2026, 05:16 GMT
  Updated 2 hours ago

Donald Trump's warning that the US will intervene if peaceful protesters are killed was "reckless and dangerous", Iran's foreign minister has said.
Abbas Araghchi's comments came after the US president said Washington "will come to their rescue" of demonstrators taking part in protests over Iran's economy, writing in a brief social media post: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
Araghchi indicated Iran's armed forces were on standby and "know exactly where to aim" in the event of an attack.
At least eight people are reported to have died during the week-long protests, as of Saturday morning.
Trump wrote on Friday: "If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue."

 

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