US EditionEastern Iowa Immigrant From Venezuela Reacts to President Maduro’s Capture
President-elect Kast praised Maduro's capture, highlighting its impact on drug trafficking and the displacement of over 8 million Venezuelans, urging regional accountability.
- On Jan 3rd, 2026, President-elect José Antonio Kast used his personal X account to comment on the capture of Nicolás Maduro by the United States, calling it great news for the region.
- Kast wrote that Maduro's grip, sustained by an illegitimate narco-regime, forced more than 8 million Venezuelans to flee and destabilised Latin America through drug trafficking and organised crime.
- Venezuelan immigrants in Iowa told TV9 they had varied reactions to Maduro's capture, with Ruby Caceres, who arrived in 2022, saying she lived in fear and worried for family still in Venezuela.
- Kast wrote `Now a greater task begins.`, adding `Democracy is defended with conviction, coordination, and unrestricted respect for international law.`
- Some voiced uncertainty after President Donald Trump said the U.S. plans to temporarily run the country, with Ruby Caceres warning, `They take off one dictator but now we have another different dictator.
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In Las Vegas and throughout Nevada, members of the Venezuelan community as well as elected officials, leaders and other observers were reacting to the news that the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The coordinator of the Commando with Venezuela in Chile, Alexander Mayta, reacted to the announcements made by the United States regarding the situation of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, delivering statements about what happened and summoning the Venezuelan community in Santiago. According to Mayta, “the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cillia Flores, in the morning of today, was announced by the United States, in a surgical operati…
Image published by international press shows how Venezuelans gathered in Santiago, the capital of Chile, but also in Miami, U.S.A., to celebrate the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his regime following the U.S. attack of...
The Venezuelan community abroad is experiencing a moment of great uncertainty after the recent U.S. military operation in Venezuela, in which Nicolás Maduro and his wife were arrested and will be tried in U.S. territory.Continue reading...
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