{"id":15316,"date":"2026-01-03T12:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=15316"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:11:36","slug":"how-trumps-strikes-shocked-venezuelas-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=15316","title":{"rendered":"How Trump\u2019s strikes shocked Venezuela\u2019s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=be298195-ad2c-4328-a20f-88a6a4b59868&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Washington has for months been threatening military action against Venezuela \u2014 but when the blasts began before dawn on Saturday, they took residents by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>First, the capital Caracas was rocked by a loud explosion at about 2.30am and then what residents described as a kind of blast wave. A series of further loud bangs followed, jolting people from their sleep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see the reflection of the flames and the smoke,\u201d said Daniela, a Caracas resident living just outside the city centre, after the dramatic early-morning aerial bombardment.<\/p>\n<p>Defence minister Vladimir Padrino said the US had \u201cprofaned our sacred soil\u201d in Fuerte Tiuna, a military installation, as well as Caracas and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira with its strikes, which followed months of US military build-up in the region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"njxvqytb\" class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"1407\" height=\"938\"><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1407\" height=\"1407\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>Flames and smoke above the Venezuelan capital<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Americans had \u201cstruck with missiles and rockets shot from combat helicopters in civilian neighbourhoods, for which we are collecting information regarding injured and dead\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes appeared to have targeted military installations and strategic infrastructure such as telephone towers, said Daniela, who did not want her full name to be published.<\/p>\n<p>Videos shared on social media showed several helicopters flying low against the city as repeated explosions lit up the skyline and plumes of smoke could be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Images showed panicked residents fleeing and armed government supporters on the streets of the Venezuelan capital. According to residents, the explosions lasted for about an hour. <\/p>\n<p>Then came an eerie silence.<\/p>\n<p>And then the announcement by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform that Venezuela\u2019s authoritarian leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro had been captured with his wife and flown out of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The US appeared to have deposed a Latin American leader for the first time since its invasion of Panama in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, Venezuela\u2019s vice-president, said Maduro\u2019s whereabouts were not known and demanded that Trump provide \u201cproof of life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro has ruled the oil-rich Caribbean nation since 2013, when he took the helm following the death of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, who launched the country\u2019s socialist \u201cBolivarian revolution\u201d and was president from 1999 to 2013.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ozjnwzjw\" class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2269\" height=\"1513\"><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1513\" height=\"1513\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/9b64af35-dcae-48f2-82f3-2ea16623c8aa.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Maduro stands with uniformed Venezuelan military personnel, smiling, during a year-end event.\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2269\" height=\"1513\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>Venezuela\u2019s leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro with military personnel in La Guaira at the end of December<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Miraflores Palace\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many streets in the capital were deserted on Saturday morning despite calls by the government for people to turn out to defend the country\u2019s national sovereignty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get out on the streets all of us who can. We\u2019re going to mobilise our people,\u201d said interior minister Diosdado Cabello. \u201cThese rats attacked and they will regret this all their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Government-aligned paramilitaries known as <em>colectivos<\/em> have already been dispatched in recent weeks to poor neighbourhoods in Caracas to snuff out dissent in former government strongholds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"pkmfovxs\" class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2068\" height=\"1378\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/b43246c3-8d29-42d7-bc96-3f1d168eb0da.jpg\" alt=\"Venezuelan police officers in helmets and tactical gear patrol Caracas in a marked C.P.N.B. pickup truck with flashing lights at night.\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2068\" height=\"1378\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>Venezuelan police patrol the streets of Caracas<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Migeul Gutierrez\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A motorcycle taxi driver said that \u201ccolectivos\u201d were restricting movement around the city on Saturday morning, and that he and his colleagues would not venture outside. Some residents reported internet failures, while images showed some streets without power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people might be saying \u2018finally \u2014 this is the beginning of the end\u2019. But I don\u2019t know,\u201d said Daniela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in this mess for 25 years. It\u2019s been too many years of nothing happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Joe Daniels in Rio de Janeiro<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/be298195-ad2c-4328-a20f-88a6a4b59868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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