{"id":7411,"date":"2026-01-03T23:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:56:01","slug":"what-are-the-implications-of-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7411","title":{"rendered":"What are the implications of US \u2018capture\u2019 of Nicolas Maduro? | Nicolas Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>US special forces have seized Venezuela\u2019s president and his wife.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>US special forces seized Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicolas Maduro, in an attack that has taken the country and the world by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro has long denied accusations by US President Donald Trump of heading a narcotics cartel.<\/p>\n<p>So, what are the implications of Washington\u2019s actions?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> James Bays<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phil Gunson \u2013 senior analyst for the Andes Project at the International Crisis Group<\/p>\n<p>Richard Weitz \u2013 US security analyst and senior fellow at the NATO Defense College<\/p>\n<p>Temir Porras \u2013 foreign policy adviser to former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and former chief of staff to Maduro<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 3 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">3 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US special forces have seized Venezuela\u2019s president and his wife. US special forces seized Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicolas Maduro, in an attack that has taken the country and the world by surprise. Maduro has long denied accusations by US President Donald Trump of heading a narcotics cartel. So, what are the implications of Washington\u2019s actions? Presenter: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-america-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}