What military operation did the U.S. conduct in Venezuela?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump says the U.S. is taking over Venezuela. A military operation early this morning seized President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. They're being taken back to the U.S. to stand trial. in the Southern District of New York on drug and weapons charges. Trump says U.S.
officials will run the country temporarily, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. U.S. oil companies will operate Venezuela's oil reserves. NPR's Franco Ordonez has more.
Trump says that the U.S. is going to get very strongly involved. He says companies are going to be investing millions and billions of dollars. Of course, Venezuela has some of the largest oil reserves in the world. And U.S. involvement would be a huge deal for the industry. I mean, though it would take a long time to reestablish the oil infrastructure in the country.
NPR's Franco Ardonia is reporting. South Florida is home to many Venezuelans. They gathered early this morning in a Miami suburb to celebrate. Kayvon Antonio-Hedara reports from Miami.
After learning of the news from Caracas, exultant expats in South Florida gathered from the early morning in El Arepaso in Doral, a city where 40% of its residents have Venezuelan roots. Carmen Wallace left Venezuela in 2017 after street protests were suppressed violently, and she was surprised by the military operation. She is cautious about the future.
Honestly, there's a lot of things that we need to see before we all go back, but this is a start.
Venezuelan euphoria is now tempered as they observe events and the Trump administration's statements. For NPR News, I'm Kevan Antonio Haidari in Miami.
Russia is condemning the U.S. actions against Venezuela. NPR's Charles Mains reports from Moscow, Maduro has been an ally of the Kremlin.
In a statement, Russia's foreign ministry called the Trump administration's pretext for attacking Venezuela unfounded and said the U.S. actions marked an unacceptable assault on Venezuela's sovereignty. Despite such expressions of support, Moscow has stopped short of challenging the U.S.
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