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From left, Venezuelans David Nuñez, Lisbeth Garcia, Victor Gimenez gather outside El Arepazo restaurant with a banner of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado amid celebrations following news of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro capture in Doral, Fla., on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vanessa Alvarez)
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Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the American military attack that toppled Nicolás Maduro’s government. It was a stunning outcome they had longed for but left them wondering what comes next in their homeland. People gathered for a rally in Doral, Florida, as word spread that Venezuela’s president was captured and flown out of the country. Doral is the Miami suburb where President Donald Trump has a golf resort and roughly half the population is of Venezuela descent. Outside a restaurant, one man held a piece of cardboard with “Libertad” scrawled with a marker. It's a sentiment expressed by other native Venezuelans hoping for a new beginning for their home country.

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