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2026January › 03

Caracas

6 months ago

US president upends his own foreign policy but critics fear a dangerous power vacuum in Caracas
US troops captured the Venezuelan President and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas Friday night before transporting them to New York City on drug trafficking charges.
Multiple attacks targeted military, transport and communication sites in Caracas and Venezuela’s north
In an operation that stunned observers around the world, US forces arrested Venezuela’s president and his wife in Caracas and transported them to New York where they will face criminal charges.

Tensions between the US and Venezuela exploded on 3 January when US forces launched strikes across Caracas and other parts of the country, and Donald Trump announced that they had captured the Venezu…

Residents in Caracas were seen buying groceries and preparing to leave or stay indoors as uncertainty spread following reports about President Nicolás Maduro.

Some suspected the attacks on Venezuela were coming, but the shock was still real and no one knows what will happen next

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Opposition leaders Corina Machado and Edmundo González could be next in line to succeed in the South American country, according to a Caracas expert.
There is a great sense of uncertainty here over what might happen next, writes BBC producer in Caracas.
The Foreign Ministry urged restraint and warned against further escalation after a series of explosions rocked Caracas early Saturday.

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