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World leaders denounce U.S. operation to capture Maduro

Countries including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Russia and Iran condemned the Trump administration's intervention in Venezuela on Saturday after the U.S. "captured" President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flew them out of the country.

The big picture: The attacks overnight in Caracas follow months of pressure from the Trump administration, including a $50 million bounty on Maduro for alleged narco-terrorism, strikes on alleged drug boats and the seizures of tankers carrying Venezuelan oil.


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