A guide from Venezuela spoke about the situation in Caracas after the abduction of Maduro

The situation in Caracas after the abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro remains tense, there are no riots in the city, its streets are almost empty. Anna Osipova, a shipping guide from Venezuela, told Izvestia about this on January 5.

She noted that the streets in the Venezuelan capital are now empty, as holidays have overlapped with the situation, and many residents have left the city. The rest of the people do not leave their homes and are waiting for a clearer explanation of the current situation.

"There is some kind of crazy queue in the supermarket for several hours, there are no chaotic purchases. Some products were missing from the shelves, some were not," she said.

In addition, Osipova added that small supermarkets had closed in some areas. Resellers also began trading in Caracas, which "inflated" the dollar exchange rate four times.

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On January 3, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had successfully launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, which, according to The New York Times (NYT), killed 80 people. The head of the White House said that Maduro and his wife Celia Flores were captured and taken out of the territory of the state.

Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis stressed on January 3 that the reasons for the US military attack on Venezuela were completely fabricated.

The Washington Post (WP) reported on January 4 that the charges against the Venezuelan president will be officially filed on Monday, January 5, at 12:00 (20:00 Moscow time) in a New York court. Maduro and his wife are accused by the US Department of Justice of illicit enrichment through the alleged distribution of drugs in the United States.

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