Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday after US President Donald Trump ordered an audacious US raid to capture the South American leader and take control of the country and its vast oil reserves. Potential power vacuum in VenezuelaPresident Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday. “We demand the immediate release of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores," Rodriguez said, calling Maduro "the only president of Venezuela." Venezuelans in Peru celebrate after President Donald Trump announced that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. Trump also runs the risk of alienating some of his own supporters, who have backed his "America First" agenda and oppose foreign interventions.

Source: Irish Examiner January 04, 2026 07:31 UTC