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CARA­CAS, Venezuela (AP) —An anx­ious qui­et fell over Venezuela’s cap­i­tal yes­ter­day, as trep­i­da­tion mixed with joy while a na­tion wait­ed to see what comes next.

Peo­ple were slow to re­sume rou­tines in Cara­cas af­ter Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro was de­posed and cap­tured in a dra­mat­ic US mil­i­tary op­er­a­tion. on Sat­ur­day Dozens of stores, restau­rants and church­es re­mained closed. Those on the streets looked shell-shocked, star­ing at their phones or in­to the dis­tance.

“Peo­ple are still shak­en,” said 77-year-old David Leal, who ar­rived to work as a park­ing at­ten­dant but re­al­ized he like­ly would not have cus­tomers. He point­ed to the de­sert­ed street, a few blocks from Venezuela’s pres­i­den­tial palace, which was guard­ed by armed civil­ians and mil­i­tary per­son­nel.