“Today, January 3rd, the dreams of Venezuelans abroad came true,” Ana Gonzalez, one of the revellers, told AFP. Photo / Giorgio Viera, AFPIn Spain, home to about 400,000 Venezuelans, thousands came together in Madrid to celebrate. People react to the news of the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after US military actions in Venezuela this morning, in Doral, Florida, near Miami. Venezuelan citizens living in Spain gather at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. “Venezuela has gone through a very difficult process; these have been very hard years – years of hunger, misery, torture, friends lost, friends who disappeared,” Benitez told AFP.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 04, 2026 03:52 UTC