Venezue­lan ac­tivists in Trinidad and To­ba­go are cel­e­brat­ing the re­moval of Venezue­lan leader Nicolás Maduro by the Unit­ed States mil­i­tary yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Ac­tivist Yesina Gon­za­lez, who has been in this coun­try for more than 40 years, though elat­ed, cau­tioned that Venezuela could face a pe­ri­od of in­sta­bil­i­ty, with the risk of drug lords and crim­i­nal el­e­ments at­tempt­ing to take ad­van­tage of the sit­u­a­tion un­til law and or­der are ful­ly re­stored. Gon­za­lez said this tran­si­tion could be man­aged more swift­ly un­der the guid­ance of the Unit­ed States mil­i­tary, led by US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, who is al­so Com­man­der-in-Chief of the US armed forces.

Speak­ing yes­ter­day, hours af­ter news spread of Maduro’s cap­ture by the US, Gon­za­lez said many Venezue­lans cur­rent­ly liv­ing in T&T are pre­pared to re­turn home once con­di­tions sta­bilise.