What does Trump want from Venezuela? – The Latest

特朗普从委内瑞拉想要什么?——最新消息

Today in Focus

2026-01-06

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Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was controversially captured by US special forces and has appeared in a Manhattan court. The arrest came after months of US pressure against Maduro, including attacks on ‘narco-boats’ and blockades on oil tankers. Donald Trump has since claimed the US is going to ‘run’ Venezuela - but how?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • I've just come back from breakfast in the hotel here and every single pair of eyes were just fixed on those pictures of motherly coming up the helicopter.

  • Many Venezuelans are going to be absolutely over the moon to see him in handcuffs finally after all these years.

  • Don't ask me who's in charge because I'll give you an answer and it'll be very controversial.

  • What does that mean?

  • It means we're in charge.

  • We're in charge.

  • And yet The big question here is, has actually anything changed at all?

  • This isn't over, we don't really know what's going on.

  • Have we just actually been plunged into a deeper form of dictatorship,

  • but one which is now supported by the US?

  • Nicolas Maduro is in a New York courthouse to face drug charges.

  • So what does all this mean for Venezuelans facing an uncertain future?

  • From the Guardians Today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

  • Joining me is Tom Phillips, the Guardian's Latin America correspondent.

  • Thanks for being with us, Tom.

  • I know it's been an extraordinarily busy few days for you.

  • So tell me about where you are because you are on the Venezuela-Colombia border, right?

  • What's the feeling where you are and what kind of conversations are you having with people?

  • That's right.