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People around the world — especially Venezuelans — are still processing the events that took place in Caracas a little over a week ago, when Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were awakened in their compound in the early hours of Saturday by American Delta Force operatives and taken into US custody.
The ousted Venezuelan leader and the former first lady are now in a New York jail, facing drug and weapons charges to which they pleaded not guilty during a first court appearance. President Donald Trump has said the US now “runs” the oil-rich South American country and Maduro’s vice president was sworn in as acting president.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan opposition leaders, many of whom have been living in exile, have vowed to return to the country and take back the power they claim was usurped from them.
A lot of questions remain to be answered following the unprecedented ouster of the Venezuelan leader. For Venezuelans, both inside the country and abroad, it’s been a mix of emotions and a sense of uncertainty over what comes next.
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