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PBS News Hour - Segments

Venezuelans prepare for new political era after Maduro's removal

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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With Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody, Amna Nawaz spoke with Mary Triny Mena of Feature Story News in Caracas to discuss the reaction in Venezuela. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

And now we return to Venezuela for a report from the ground.

0:04.0

We're joined again tonight by Mary Trinimina of Feature Story News in Caracas.

0:09.0

Mary, it's good to see you again.

0:11.0

Yesterday you describe your reporting on the ground as you talk to people there.

0:14.0

You said the two words you would use to describe the mood would be shock and concern.

0:19.0

How would you describe what it feels like today? What are you

0:21.7

hearing? Well, so far, people are keep following the news. And today, there was the office,

0:31.0

Delci Rodriguez became officially the president of Venezuela. So that for many Venezuelans that had the chance to see it,

0:39.3

it was a sign that the country is moving on to a new era,

0:43.3

even though these are the same faces that they have been seen for the past decade

0:50.3

because many of the members of this new government are loyalists to the government of

0:57.5

Nicolas Maduro.

0:58.7

Delsi Rodriguez, when she was swearing, she said that she received this presidency with

1:06.5

pride and pain.

1:08.7

Mary, how much confidence is there in people that things will be any different

1:13.7

with Delci Rodriguez as president, who as you mentioned was Maduro's vice president?

1:20.4

Well, I believe this is a country that have sustained a longstanding political crisis.

1:27.1

So for Venezuela, this type of episode are not new.

1:31.3

They are used to handle difficult situations in the economic side, in the political side,

1:36.3

and they are being very cautious with the changes throughout the years.

1:43.3

So they tend to adapt to difficult situations

1:47.0

and to move on, especially because of the deepening economic crisis.

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