Democracy Now! Report from Caracas on U.S. Attack & Maduro Abduction

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Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/5/us_venezuela_trump_maduro

U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a Saturday night raid. About 80 people were reportedly killed, including 32 Cubans. Democracy Now! speaks with Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas, who calls the strikes an “imperialist attack.”

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