By Lisa Respers France, CNN

(CNN) — The star of one of Rob Reiner’s most celebrated films, “The Princess Bride,” has posted a lengthy and loving tribute to the director and his wife, more than two weeks after they were found dead, saying he “can finally put my grief into words.”

Cary Elwes shared footage of the filming of the beloved 1987 film on his verified Instagram account, as well as a conversation with Reiner, who he described as “a brilliant filmmaker” whose laugh he loved.

“I was 24 when I first met Rob Reiner on The Princess Bride,” Elwes wrote. “And from that very first meeting I fell in love with him. I was already a fan of his work so meeting him in person was a dream come true.”

From that moment, Elwes said he “knew this was someone I wanted in my life.”

“I also knew that by casting me as Westley he was giving me the keys to the castle,” Elwes wrote.

Elwes protrays the film’s main character, who goes on a swashbuckling adventure to save the love of his life. It was a role so life changing for the actor that he penned the 2014 book “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride” about his experience.

“The first thing I noticed about Rob was that he wore his heart on his sleeve. This was a man who felt deeply,” Elwes wrote on Instagram. “He wasn’t impressed by how much money you had or if you had a privileged upbringing. He just wanted to know if you were a ‘good guy.’”

The Reiners were found dead in their Los Angeles home earlier this month. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with their murders.

Reiner “loved his family and friends immensely,” Elwes wrote.

“He obviously loved making movies – and was clearly a brilliant filmmaker – but he told me what he really enjoyed the most was the experience itself. He used to say, ‘Once the movie is released it belongs to other people. But while you are making it, that’s your time on the planet, so you wanna make it good,’” the actor wrote. “And boy was my time with him on The Princess Bride beyond great. I can’t remember a single day without laughter. The movie is about love, loyalty and sacrifice. Things that Rob held dear.”

That made Reiner “the perfect person” to direct that now iconic film, Elwes said.

He also mourned the death of Reiner’s wife, Michele Singer Reiner, who the director met while filming another of his celebrated movies, “When Harry Met Sally…”

“Besides being a gifted photographer she was an incredibly loving, intelligent person. Deeply passionate about her family and about lifting others up,” Elwes wrote. “To say that they were a great team would be an understatement. Their only interest in fame was that it allowed them to shine a light on causes they believed in, especially helping those who were marginalized.”

Elwes ended his note with condolences to the Reiner family as well as heartfelt gratitude for the couple.

“Thank you Rob and Michele for sharing your life and art with us,” he wrote. “Because my heart still aches every time I think of you, I know the grief of losing you too soon will likely never go away. Sure, death cannot stop true love but life is pain without you.”

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Por Mauricio Torres, Gonzalo Zegarra, Germán Padinger y Jhasua Razo, CNN en Español

En una América Latina donde los gobiernos cambian con cada elección y dónde nada parecer durar, hubo una sola certeza en estos últimos 25 años: la Venezuela chavista –y petrolera– y su constante enfrentamiento con Estados Unidos.

Este año, la tensión alcanzó niveles no antes vistos, tras el despliegue militar estadounidense en el Caribe, los ataques a botes presuntamente cargados con drogas – y ligados por Washington a Venezuela– y la estrategia del presidente Donald Trump de ejercer presión máxima sobre su par, Nicolás Maduro, y sobre el petróleo, la línea de vida venezolana.

¿Cómo llegamos hasta aquí?

A continuación, una radiografía para entender la Venezuela contemporánea; su historia, sus riquezas, sus alianzas y su delicado equilibrio interno de poder, mientras crece la tensión con Estados Unidos un día después de conocerse el primer ataque de la CIA en tierra venezolana.

Nombre oficial: República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Geografía: Venezuela tiene una extensión territorial de 912.050 kilómetros cuadrados, según el Banco Mundial. Colinda al norte con el Caribe y el océano Atlántico; al oeste, con Colombia; al sur, con Brasil, y al este, con Guyana.

Población: Al cierre de 2023, el país tenía una población de 33.800.393 personas, según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística. El Instituto prevé que 2025 termine con 34,4 millones de habitantes.

Migración: Al menos 7,9 millones de venezolanos han migrado del país en busca de protección o de mejores condiciones de vida, según cifras de la ONU. La mayoría de esos migrantes se han establecido en países de Sudamérica como Colombia, Perú o Chile.

El presidente Nicolás Maduro juramentó en enero de 2024 un nuevo mandato hasta 2031, luego de unas elecciones cuestionadas por la oposición y por varios gobiernos de la región. Lleva casi 13 años en el poder desde la muerte de su “padre político”, Hugo Chávez, quien gobernó por casi 14 años.

Estos son los presidentes que gobernaron el país desde 1958, cuando cayó la dictadura de Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

La principal fuente económica de Venezuela es el petróleo, en un modelo productivo poco diversificado. El país cuenta con la mayor reserva de crudo extrapesado del mundo, una variedad que requiere un proceso más complejo y costoso, pero que es también compatible con las refinerías estadounidenses.

A pesar de las sanciones, las exportaciones de crudo subieron en 2025 a un promedio de más 900.000 barriles diarios, según la OPEP, por encima de lo producido en los últimos tres años. Sin embargo, la caída de inversión y mantenimiento es notoria, ya que esa cifra es menos de la mitad de lo que bombeaba Venezuela en 2013, y menos de un tercio de los 3,5 millones de barriles diarios producidos antes de la llegada de Chávez en 1999.

Asociada a esta industria (y también con baja inversión y exploración) está la exportación de gas. La Administración de Información Energética de EE.UU. (EIA) estima que Venezuela tiene reservas de 5,5 billones de metros cúbicos de gas natural, lo que representa el 73 % de los yacimientos en Sudamérica.

En la última década, ante la caída de la renta petrolera, el Gobierno intentó dar mayor vuelo a la minería y estableció el Arco Minero del Orinoco como una “zona

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN

(CNN) — Ahead of a detention hearing Tuesday for the man accused of placing two pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee buildings in 2021, defense attorneys argue their client should be released from jail while awaiting trial, in part because the bombs never detonated.

Attorneys for the 30-year-old Virginia man, Brian Cole Jr., said he has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder – listing those as the first two factors in arguing for pre-trial release.

“The question is whether there is a present danger—a contention the government never actually makes, and something belied by the past four years in which Mr. Cole has lived without incident,” Cole’s attorneys argued in their filing, adding, “No device detonated, no person was injured, and no property was damaged.”

But it could be difficult to convince a federal judge to release Cole amid the evidence prosecutors have already presented in court filings, more of which could be revealed during Tuesday’s hearing.

In an earlier filing arguing for Cole’s detention, prosecutors laid out a detailed list of the bomb-making materials they said he purchased in 2018 through 2020 and used to make the pipe bombs left outside the Washington, DC-based RNC and DNC in January 2021.

While Cole initially denied during an initial interview with investigators that he had placed the bombs, prosecutors say Cole later changed his tune after being shown a still image of himself on surveillance video around the time the bombs were planted.

“The defendant asked for time to process things,” prosecutors wrote.

Cole then proceeded to explain in detail how he had built the bombs, including how “he learned to make the black powder from a video game that listed the ingredients” and also watched “various science-related videos on YouTube to assist him in creating the devices,” the filing states.

Cole, when asked about why he placed the bombs, said that “something just snapped” after “watching everything, just everything getting worse,” according to prosecutors.

He also said his interest in history spurred the idea to use pipe bombs, specifically their use during the Troubles in Ireland, the court document states.

“The defendant wanted to do something ‘to the parties’ because ‘they were in charge,’” according to the court document.

Cole denied that his actions were directed toward Congress or related to the Electoral College certification, which was the at the center of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol the following day.

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