The “ecstasy of happiness” that many in Venezuela said they felt at the stunning removal of the country’s despotic leader in an extraordinary US military operation was almost immediately checked by a terrifying future reality.
On Saturday, the White House shared photos of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, cuffed and blindfolded en route to New York, where the US attorney general said he and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face trial on “narco-terrorism” charges.
