Power vacuum in Caracas? Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge after Maduro capture

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Source: scmp.com
Power vacuum in Caracas? Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge after Maduro capture
Venezuelans on Saturday scrambled to understand who was in charge of their country after the US military captured President Nicolas Maduro, ousting the strongman who had outlasted a botched coup attempt, several army mutinies, mass protests and economic sanctions in the vast nation of 29 million. “What will happen tomorrow?” asked Juan Pablo Petrone, a resident of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas. As fear gripped the city, streets quickly emptied save for long lines snaking from supermarkets and...