"Venezuela will resist the presence of foreign troops, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said in a video early on Saturday. A U.S. attack on the country in the early morning struck civilian areas, Padrino said, and Venezuela is compiling information about dead and injured people. The U.S. has accused Maduro of running a "narco-state" and rigging an election. The Venezuelan leader, who succeeded Hugo Chavez to take power in 2013, has said Washington wants to take control of its oil reserves, the largest in the world."
""The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country," Trump said in a Truth Social post. There was no immediate confirmation from the Venezuelan government. The U.S. has not made such a direct intervention in Latin American since the invasion of Panama in 1989 to depose military leader Manuel Noriega."
The United States carried out strikes in Venezuela and President Donald Trump announced that Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country. The operation represents the first direct U.S. intervention in the region since the 1989 Panama invasion that removed Manuel Noriega. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino declared that Venezuela will resist foreign troops and reported that early-morning strikes hit civilian areas, with authorities compiling information on dead and injured. The Venezuelan government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations and stated it does not know the whereabouts of Maduro or his wife. The U.S. has accused Maduro of running a 'narco-state' and rigging elections.
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