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The raid that extracted President Nicolás Maduro was the culmination of a monthslong campaign by President Trump and his aides.
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;Resize=(620)) Verónica Gutiérrez woke up to "a million WhatsApp messages" from her family in Venezuela after the U.S. launched a strike on the capital of the country that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.
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Trump's decision to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has drawn praise inside the U.S., especially from Republican leaders. But the invasion also faces significant opposition from elected officials across the political spectrum.
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The operation revives disputes over the legality of the 1989 Panama intervention, enhanced by President Trump's vow to "run" Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro's formal status as president.
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The Trump administration's ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro deposes an unpopular world leader. It also raises important legal and geopolitical questions for the Western Hemisphere.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., told NBC News that the U.S. strikes on Venezuela during an operation to capture the country's leader Nicolás Maduro were "illegal." Gallego, a combat veteran who served in Iraq, said that he plans to help force a vote on a war powers resolution that would block President Donald Trump's actions in the country.
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