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US to ‘run’ Venezuela after Maduro captured, says Trump: Early analysis from Chatham House experts

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Experts give their initial reaction to President Trump’s strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. What are the implications for the US, the region and the world?

On Saturday 3 January US President Donald Trump announced a large-scale US strike on Venezuela – and stated that the US had also captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

US Attorney General Pamela Bondi later posted on X that Maduro and his wife had been charged with drugs-related offences and would ‘face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts. At a press conference later on Saturday, President Trump said the US was ‘going to run the country’ until  a transition could be safely arranged.

Here is early, provisional, analysis from Chatham House experts, who will monitor developments over the weekend with updates, additions and further commentary to follow.

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