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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

We're coming to live from our studio in London.

I'm Leis Doucette.

What next for Venezuela?

Our programme will focus on the dramatic developments of

the past two days and the questions and concerns about what lies ahead. We'll hear about the hopes

of a Venezuelan pediatrician in Caracas, about an opposition pushing for a more democratic future,

and hear more details about how the United States sees the day after.

But let's first start with the man of this moment. Ousted President Nicolas Maduro, the authoritarian

ruler now facing trial in a U.S. court, along with his wife, Celia Flores. He's indicted for running a corrupt

illegitimate government and an alleged drug trafficking network flooding the U.S. with narcotics.

Charges he denies. The U.S. released an image of him in handcuffs flanked by guards doing what's called the perpetrator's walk, a walk of shame.

Good night. Well, happy new year.

Happy New Year, he says, grudgingly, and what a year it already is.

A defining moment, and to use a phrase that was used by President Trump himself made for television.

The White House has already posted their short film on social media, and the voices

you're about to hear are not actors.

Last night on the order of the President of the United States, and in support of a request from the Department of Justice, United States. And in support of a request from the Department of Justice,

the United States military conducted an apprehension mission in Caracas, Venezuela,

to bring to justice two indicted persons, Nicholas and Sassia Maduro.

Nicholas Maduro had his chance until he didn't.

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