After months of military build up, an overnight bombing campaign and helicopter raid has deposed Venezuela’s strongman

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country following a largescale US strike on Caracas, leaving behind uncertainty for the country – and its massive oil reserves.

A group of protestors gathered at Cowles Commons in downtown Des Moines Saturday afternoon to voice concerns about the United States actions in Venezuela. President Trump shared in a press conference that US personnel had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife,

The United States has carried out military strikes inside Venezuela, a U.S. official confirmed to Reuters early Saturday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity and did not provide further operational details.

11:45 a.m. ET: In a news conference Saturday, Trump said "we're going to run" Venezuela after U.S. forces captured Maduro and his wife. He claimed the American presence was already in place, though there were no immediate signs that the U.S. was running the country.

It is hard to see how this can be anything other than a ‘use of force’ under article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter.

Today’s U.S.–Venezuela tensions aren’t just about a single strike or a single policy decision, they’re the result of years of political decay, economic mismanagement, and a long-running

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