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Why did the US capture Nicolás Maduro and what’s next for Venezuela? | BBC News


The Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking in a New York court, saying he had been kidnapped by US troops.

President Donald Trump has insisted the US is now in charge of Venezuela as Maduro’s deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, is sworn in as the interim president.

The BBC’s South America correspondent Ione Wells gives us the background.

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