VENEZUELA
🚨 Breaking: US captures Nicolás Maduro
A firefighter walks past a destroyed anti-aircraft unit at La Carlota military air base, after Donald Trump said the US has struck Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters/Folhapress
Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US had captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, and was flying him out of the country, following large-scale attacks on Caracas. Even with Maduro removed, the prospects for a political transition in Venezuela remain deeply uncertain.
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