President Trump says US captures Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
"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", writes President Trump on his Truth Social website. Venezuela has declared a national emergency and says military personnel and civilians were killed in the attacks. Caracas has demanded proof that Mr Maduro and the Venezuelan first lady are alive. The US attorney-general, Pamela Bondi, says the couple will stand trial on charges of drug trafficking and terrorism, and will soon face "the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts".
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| 0:30.0 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 1230 GMT on Saturday the 3rd of January. |
| 0:36.1 | The US says it's captured the Venezuelan President |
| 0:38.6 | Nicholas Maduro after launching airstrikes on Caracas and other cities. |
| 0:48.2 | Venezuela has declared a state of emergency and condemned the attack as a colonial war. |
| 0:56.7 | In the face of this brutal situation and in the face of this brutal attack, we have no |
| 1:02.0 | knowledge of the whereabouts of the President Nicolas Maduro. |
| 1:05.7 | We'll hear from Caracas and Washington get reaction from our chief international correspondent, Lee Doucette. |
| 1:11.7 | He never has used the phrase regime change with Venezuela, casting it, as well as, along with his |
| 1:18.8 | top officials, as being a national security threat. It is clear that this is regime change |
| 1:24.9 | in all but name. |
| 1:30.4 | From the banana wars of the early 20th century to Cold War proxy battles, |
| 1:35.6 | the US has a long history of military intervention in Latin America, |
| 1:39.7 | but not since the invasion of Panama nearly four decades ago |
| 1:42.8 | has America unleashed the might of its |
| 1:44.8 | armed forces in the region it considers its backyard. That has all changed under President Trump, |
| 1:50.7 | despite his vow not to get involved in foreign wars. For months, he's been agitating for the |
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