An article from NDTV, dated January 11, 2026, and prominently featured in current search results, states that former US President Donald Trump urged Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late,' warning that the island nation would no longer receive oil or money from Venezuela. The article, along with several other news reports similarly dated to January 11, 2026, links this warning to a supposed recent 'Venezuela operation' involving a US military raid to capture or oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Some reports even claim that 32 Cuban security personnel were killed during this alleged operation. However, a verification using real-time information confirms that the central premise of these articles—that a US military operation captured or ousted Nicolas Maduro—is fabricated. Nicolas Maduro remains the President of Venezuela as of January 2026, and no such US military operation resulting in his capture has occurred. While former President Trump did, during his actual presidency (e.g., in April 2019, in the context of a failed uprising), issue warnings to Cuba regarding its support for Venezuela and threatened sanctions and the cessation of aid, these statements were made under different circumstances and not following a successful US military capture of Maduro. The NDTV article and corroborating reports, despite accurately quoting some of Trump's historical rhetoric, are fundamentally misleading due to their reliance on this non-existent 'Venezuela operation' as the precipitating event. Therefore, the news story, as presented with a January 11, 2026, publication date, is based on a significant factual inaccuracy.