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Catherine Lucey, Eric Martin, Jamie Tarabay, Bloomberg

Trump snatches Maduro but leaves his regime in charge for now

(Credit: Leonardo Munoz—AFP via Getty Images)

Hours after President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the US plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South American nation.  

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an indicted prisoner on a flight bound for New York by the time his Vice President Delcy Rodríguez — who Trump said would partner with Washington to “make Venezuela great again” — denounced the intervention as “barbaric” and a “kidnapping.” 

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