Venezuela Today

On January 3rd, the United States government deployed 150 military aircraft, bombed several cities in Venezuela, targeting military and other infrastructure, and abducted Venezuela’s head of state Nicolás Maduro alongside his wife Cilia Flores. Homes and other residences near the military targets were impacted and destroyed. 75 military and 2 civilian deaths have been reported. Maduro and Flores were transported to New York, where they are being charged with four counts of crimes related to narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine. The maximum sentence for the offenses is life imprisonment.