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U.S. military captures Venezuela’s Maduro in surprise strike

Season 2026 Episode 3 | 4m 03s

In a stunning act of regime change on Saturday, the U.S. military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to U.S. soil to face criminal charges. Soon after, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would “run” Venezuela until a transition of power is made and warned of a new era of U.S. domination over Latin America. Nick Schifrin reports.

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