Venezuelan capital quiet, streets emtpy after US strikeListen to this articleSupporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gather in the streets of Caracas on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured him. CARACAS - A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela's capital Caracas Saturday as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning US strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro. While a few hundred Maduro supporters gathered to clamor for his freedom, the streets were otherwise eerily quiet. -In the aftermath, Venezuelans soon learnt that their long-serving leader Maduro was out. "Long live Nicolas Maduro," echoed a rally cry from a hastily-erected stage with speakers blaring revolutionary music.
