"A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, one day after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation. Venezuela's capital Caracas was unusually quiet Sunday with few vehicles moving around. Convenience stores, gas stations and other businesses were mostly closed. A day before, lines wound through stores and outside gas stations as uncertain Venezuelans stocked up on goods in case turmoil broke out."
"After the seismic shift in Venezuela and promises by President Donald Trump that the United States would "run" Venezuela with the help of Maduro's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, no one in the country seemed to know where things stood or what lay ahead. In a low-income neighborhood in eastern Caracas, construction worker Daniel Medalla sat on the steps outside a Catholic church and told a few parishioners that again there would be no morning Mass."
President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in a U.S. military operation, producing a tense, uncertain calm across Venezuela. Caracas was unusually quiet with few vehicles and mostly closed businesses after a day of panic buying. Roads typically filled with runners and cyclists were largely empty while the presidential palace remained guarded by armed civilians and military members. Outside the capital, families cleaned debris from buildings damaged by blasts during the operation. Promises by U.S. leaders to help run Venezuela with the involvement of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez increased confusion. Many citizens feared government repression more than open celebration.
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