{"id":490567,"date":"2026-01-04T00:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490567\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:15:14","slug":"venezuela-live-updates-maduro-arrives-in-new-york-after-capture-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490567\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela live updates: Maduro arrives in New York after capture by US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hours after a dramatic military operation ousted Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from power <\/a>and removed him from the country Saturday, President Donald Trump<\/a> said the United States would \u201crun\u201d Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. operations on Saturday represented America\u2019s most assertive action to achieve regime change in a country since the nation\u2019s 2003 invasion of Iraq. The actions raise stark new questions<\/a> about the legality<\/a> of the U.S. moves under a broader campaign against the South American nation.<\/p>\n

The middle-of-the-night seizure of Maduro and his wife<\/a>, Cilia Flores, who were transported on a U.S. warship and arrived in New York Saturday evening to face narco-terrorism conspiracy charges, is beyond even the most high-profile historical examples of aggressive American actions toward autocratic governments in Panama, Iraq and beyond, legal experts said. It came after a surprise U.S. incursion into the Venezuelan capital, rocked with overnight explosions early Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration described the operation<\/a> \u2014 and earlier deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea \u2014 as necessary to stem the flow of dangerous drugs.<\/p>\n

\u25b6 Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we know:<\/b><\/p>\n