Some Venezuelans in TT are celebrating the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States military in the early morning of January 3, while others want the return of their leader.

In a press conference later that day at his estate at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, US President Donald Trump confirmed a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela, adding that Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country to face criminal charges in the US.

Trump also said the US would temporarily run the country with “a group” and openly stated he wanted access to the country’s oil reserves, saying US oil companies will go in, spend billions of dollars to fix the oil infrastructure in Venezuela, and sell “large amounts of oil to other countries.”