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Venezuela vice president flees to Russia

03 January 2026
This content originally appeared on Trinidad Guardian.

Venezue­lan vice pres­i­dent, Del­cy Ro­driguez has fled to Rus­sia. This is ac­cord­ing to Reuters News Agency, who cit­ed four sources fa­mil­iar with the mat­ter.

It comes hours af­ter Venezue­lan pres­i­dent Nico­las Maduro was cap­tured by Unit­ed States forces in an ear­ly morn­ing op­er­a­tion.

Ro­driguez had ear­li­er called on the Unit­ed States to pro­vide proof of life for Maduro and his wife Cil­ia.