Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/ShutterstockIf anything, some experts said, the capture of Maduro and imposition of a US-run government in Venezuela might even speed up deportations. “I’m not sure that Venezuelans in Doral, or anywhere in the US, really grasp this. “President Trump has changed the course of history in our hemisphere. “Many of our entrepreneurs fled the Maduro regime, including myself,” said Leonardo Trechi, president of the Miami-based Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce. “The detention of Maduro is not just a relief, it’s an opportunity.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2026 02:58 UTC