Caracas, Venezuela —The morning after US forces bombed Caracas, dragged President Nicolás Maduro out of bed, carted him over the Caribbean and installed him in a Brooklyn jail, many Venezuelans hurried to the grocery store. Ledezma, who lives near one of the airbases hit by US airstrikes, told CNN the noise from the attack woke her up. CNNThe government in Caracas wants Venezuelans out and about, though the streets are quiet, apart from a few militia members mustering with their motorcycles. Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez gives a news conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 10, 2025. “The motorways are unfinished.”All told, Valdez said, he was unsurprised by Maduro’s abduction.

Source: CNN January 05, 2026 09:32 UTC