2026-01-06
10 分钟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.