The President of the United States, Donald Trumpprovided new definitions to the scenario that begins Venezuela after the military operation that ended with Capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Floresan action that rocked the regional political table and provoked strong diplomatic reactions.
Regarding the direction that the Caribbean country could take after the fall of the Chavista leadership, Trump assured that the White House is studying the next steps. “We are making this decision right now, we will be very committed, we want freedom for the people.”the North American president said in an interview with Fox News, underscoring Washington’s commitment to Venezuela’s institutional future.
Donald Trump’s definitions after the capture of Nicolás Maduro
The US head of state particularly highlighted the performance of the armed forces involved in the operation. “The team did an incredible job”celebrated the Republican and added a strong definition on the state of military preparation: “They rehearsed and drilled like no one had ever seen. And they told me – real soldiers told me – that there was no other country on earth that could pull off a maneuver like this.”. I watched it like I was watching a TV show. “It was something incredible.”
The statements were made against the backdrop of growing regional impacts. In Latin America, several governments – with some exceptions – reiterated their historical position of viewing the region as one Peace zoneeven after the attacks on Venezuelan territory. From Argentina, the Foreign Ministry described the US operation as a decisive step forward “Against drug terrorism affecting the region”in line with the position of the government of Javier Milei.
Trump spoke to the broadcaster Fox News at the start of the press conference that he wants to give this Tuesday 13 (Argentine time) out of Mar-a-Lagohis residence in Florida. In this dialogue, he revealed a previously unknown fact about the operation: the original plan was to carry it out days before.
“We wanted to do it four days ago, but the weather wasn’t perfect. The weather has to be perfect, and this time it was.”explained the President, explaining that the decision to postpone the action was solely due to adverse weather conditions.
Trump’s definitions reinforce the idea that the United States will continue to play an active role in the Venezuelan transition as the international community closely monitors the political, economic and security consequences of the capture of the Chavista regime leader.
How Trump announced the capture of Maduro
In the early hours of this Saturday morning The United States began a military operation of large proportions on Venezuelan territory. The intervention, which represents an unprecedented escalation after five months of tensions and naval operations in the Caribbean, began at around 2:00 a.m. (Caracas time) with a series of bombings and special forces operations.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “He was captured and deported from Venezuela”as American President Donald Trump reports on his social network Truth Social.
The United States has carried out attacks inside Venezuela, Trump confirmed in the same message, after explosions were recorded in civilian and military areas of the states of Miranda, Aragua, La Guaira and the capital Caracas.
According to reports confirmed by international authorities and the US government itself, the attacks focused on strategic, military and logistical targets.
Chronicle of the attacks in Venezuela
“The United States successfully launched a major attack against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, was captured and flew out of the country with his wife.”President Trump wrote in a message on his Truth Social network.
And he added: “AndThis operation was carried out in cooperation with US law enforcement agencies. Details will be announced shortly. A press conference will be held today at 11:00 a.m. (16:00 GMT) at Mar-a-Lago.
In a brief communication with The New York Times from Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where the president spent the Christmas holidays, Trump said it was “a brilliant operation.” “There was a lot of planning and a lot of very good people and soldiers,” he said.
Trump’s message came after the United States launched a large-scale attack on Caracas. This Saturday, loud explosions were recorded in the Venezuelan capital at around 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT), accompanied by sounds similar to those of aircraft flying over the area.
via social networks, Users have posted videos of explosions and flyovers. In this sense, they also reported airstrikes on the military bases of La Carlota and Fuerte Tiuna, while residents of the capital claimed to have heard the noise of planes flying over the area.
User recordings on social platforms showed the impact of the explosions reported in Caracas: The images showed thick columns of smoke rising from different parts of the city.
In addition, images circulated showing several Chinook helicopters flying over Caracas in the middle of a night marked by power outages.
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