Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.
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I'm Leastusette.
What next for Venezuela?
Our program will focus on the dramatic developments of the past two days and the questions and concerns about what lies ahead.
We'll hear about the hopes of a Venezuelan pediatrician in Caracas,
about an opposition pushing for a more democratic future,
and hear more details about how the United States sees the day after.
But let's first start with the man of this moment.
Ousted President Nicolás Maduro, the authoritarian ruler now facing trial in a U.S.
court along with his wife Celia Flores.
He's indicted for running a corrupt,
illegitimate government and an alleged drug trafficking network flooding the U.S.
with narcotics charges he denies.
The U.S.
released an image of him in handcuffs flanked by guards doing what's called the perpetrator's walk,
a walk of shame.
Happy New Year, he says grudgingly, and what a year it already is.
A defining moment, and to use a phrase that was used by President Trump himself made for television.
The White House has already posted their short film on social media,