In Venezuela, evangelicals urge ‘prayer and service’ amid widespread uncertainty

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Trump’s military operation to capture Maduro leaves many questions unanswered. Most Venezuelan evangelicals abroad express hope.
The surprise US military intervention to capture the leader of Venezuela’s Chavista regime has left a state of tense calm in a deeply divided country.

The country's president, who clung to power despite losing the elections, was captured at his residence along with his wife by an elite US unit in the early hours of 3 January after a series of air strikes. Both were transported to New York to be tried by a court that accuses them of narco-terrorism, among other crimes under US law.

In a media appearance hours later, US President Donald Trump justified his intervention, which violated international law. “We are going to run Venezuela until there is a safe and orderly transition”, he said. Although “talks are underway with people in Venezuela” for a political change, the US government has not clarified whether Delcy Rodríguez, the vice-president and right-hand woman of Maduro’s autocratic regime, will be allowed to control the country’s political apparatus. Trump admitted that US oil companies intend to exploit the Venezuelan country’s reserves.

Uncertainty and faith

The uncertainty among the population is evident at this time. Venezuela is divided between supporters of the Socialist regime initiated in 1999 by Hugo Chávez, who timidly took to the streets, and detractors in Caracas and other regions of the country, who expressed their hope on social media for a ‘Free Venezuela’ that can restore democracy in the medium term.



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