Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US met with celebrations in South Florida and apprehension in Caracas | CNN

In Venezuela, however, the reaction to Maduro’s ouster was much more subdued, with footage from the nation’s capital showing mostly desolate streets and highways and anxious residents in long lines at supermarkets and drugstores amid the uncertainly over what some experts are calling the latest show of American gunboat diplomacy. In the suburb of Doral, Florida, a city about 15 miles west of Miami, that is home to more Venezuelan immigrants than any other city in the US, affectionately known as “Doralzuela,” the celebrations over Maduro’s capture began in the predawn hours. Michael Shifter, a senior fellow on Latin America at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank, said the people of Venezuela have much more on the line at this moment than the diaspora in the US.

Author: Ray Sanchez

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