Article 72J9Y ‘It’s impossible not to feel relief’: UK Venezuelans on Maduro’s capture

‘It’s impossible not to feel relief’: UK Venezuelans on Maduro’s capture

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Sammy Gecsoyler
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Hope, fear and unease ripple through Britain's Venezuelan community after US forces seized Nicolas Maduro

When Cinzia de Santis woke up to the news that Nicolas Maduro had been captured by US troops in a pre-dawn assault on Caracas, she had mixed emotions. My first reaction was he's gone, which is kind of good news," she said.

But the manner in which the Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken to New York to face criminal charges - in a military operation that, at this point, appears to have little to no legal or constitutional authority - has sparked concern.

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