Venezuela Special: Q&A
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, BBC correspondents answer your questions about the US operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Why did the US carry out this operation? What will happen to Venezuela's oil reserves? And who will run the country now? Matthew Amroliwala speaks to our South America correspondent Ione Wells, our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams in Washington, and the BBC's Sumi Somaskanda who is on the border between Venezuela and Colombia.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.5 | American politics can sometimes feel like a different language. |
| 0:11.1 | But our podcast can help you translate. |
| 0:13.3 | Make sense of what's happening in the US, with new podcast episodes arriving throughout the week. |
| 0:18.1 | AmeriCast, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:21.3 | This is a special edition of the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm Valerie Sanderson. |
| 0:29.3 | The world is still adjusting to the US operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. |
| 0:36.1 | What does it mean for the region? |
| 0:37.6 | What does it mean for international sovereignty? |
| 0:40.0 | And what does it say about President Trump's willingness to flex his muscles on the global stage? |
| 0:45.6 | The BBC has been taking questions from our audience about Venezuela and the global impact of the US mission. |
| 0:51.2 | So let's hear from my colleague Matthew Amrollewala. He's been speaking to |
| 0:55.8 | our South America correspondent, Ioni Wells, our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams in Washington, |
| 1:01.7 | and the BBC's Summi Somerskanda, who's on the border between Venezuela and Colombia. |
| 1:14.0 | Let's get straight to your questions from Tasumi. |
| 1:16.5 | The first question here, a pretty obvious one. |
| 1:17.9 | Why did this strike happen? |
| 1:21.7 | Why did Donald Trump, the U.S. capture Venezuela's president? |
| 1:24.2 | Yeah, that's an important question, isn't it, Matthew? |
| 1:26.8 | And we have a couple of answers to that question. |
| 1:27.9 | Indeed, what we've heard from President Trump, his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is that they saw Nicolas Maduro |
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