"Nicolas Maduro, who rose from unionized bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country's democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured Saturday during an attack by U.S. forces on his capital. President Donald Trump, in an early morning social media post, announced Maduro's capture. Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, later announced that the whereabouts of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, remained unknown. Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, said Maduro and Flores would face charges after an indictment in New York."
"In 1986, he traveled to Cuba to receive a year of ideological instruction, his only formal education after high school. Upon his return, he worked as a bus driver for the Caracas subway system, where he quickly became a union leader. Venezuela's intelligence agencies in the 1990s identified him as a leftist radical with close ties to the Cuban government."
Nicolas Maduro was captured during an attack by U.S. forces on Caracas. President Donald Trump announced the capture on social media, while Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Maduro's whereabouts remained unknown. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and Cilia Flores would face charges after a New York indictment. Maduro's fall followed months of stepped-up U.S. pressure; he had spent months fueling speculation about U.S. intentions to end the socialist revolution begun by Hugo Chavez. Maduro rose from a Caracas subway bus driver and union leader after ideological training in Cuba and was identified in the 1990s as a leftist radical with close Cuban ties.
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