"It was a sentiment expressed by other native Venezuelans hoping for a new beginning for their home country as they chanted Liberty! Liberty! Liberty! We're like everybody it's a combination of feelings, of course, said Alejandra Arrieta, who came to the U.S. in 1997. There's fears. There's excitement. There's so many years that we've been waiting for this. Something had to happen in Venezuela. We all need the freedom."
"Trump insisted Saturday that the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily and was already doing so. The action marked the culmination of an escalating Trump administration pressure campaign on the oil-rich South American nation as well as weeks of planning that tracked Maduro's behavioral habits. About 8 million people have fled Venezuela since 2014, settling first in neighboring countries in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Revelers chanted liberty and draped Venezuelan flags in South Florida to celebrate an American military attack that toppled Nicolas Maduro. People gathered in Doral after word spread that Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. Venezuelan expatriates expressed a mix of fear and excitement and hoped for a new beginning. President Trump said the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily. The U.S. had escalated pressure and planned the action for weeks. About 8 million people have fled Venezuela since 2014, settling across Latin America and the Caribbean. After the COVID-19 pandemic, many migrants increasingly targeted the United States via jungle routes or humanitarian parole.
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