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People on a bridge are silhouetted as smoke rises near Fort Tiuna, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026.
Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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REUTERS
Venezuela’s government and several international voices have denounced the U.S. strike as an unlawful act of aggression and a dangerous precedent for unilateral regime changing operations.