The Trump administration’s Jan. 3 capture of President Nicolás Maduro bore some familiar echoes to the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama that ousted military strongman Manuel Noriega — and marked the most direct U.S. intervention in Latin America since.

The US has carried out a major military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and flying him out of the country, a move that has revived memories of the 1989 US invasion of Panama and the arrest of their leader Manuel Noriega who was also arrested on drug-trafficking charges and flown to the United States.

The operation revives disputes over the legality of the 1989 Panama intervention, enhanced by President Trump’s vow to “run” Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro’s formal status as president.

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York Saturday night and face drug conspiracy charges after being captured by U.S. forces Saturday.

ZURICH(AP) — Days after Panama qualified for the 2026 World Cup, FIFA banned the country’s soccer federation president for failing to respect a previous ban imposed for fat-shaming a women’s national team star. FIFA said Manuel Arias was “banned ...