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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Andrea Trinidad

Maduro Toppled: What Trump's Shock Venezuela Strike Means and Why America Moved Now

Maduro in earlier days as Trump claims US forces removed him from power (Credit: AFP)

The United States has triggered a political earthquake across Latin America after President Donald Trump announced Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been deposed, captured and flown out of the country following what he described as a 'large scale strike', marking Washington's most aggressive military intervention in the region in more than three decades.

In a shocking early morning post on Truth Social, Trump declared: '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.'

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