SEE PICS: Venezuelans worldwide celebrate as exiles react to Maduro’s capture

Venezuelans crossed nan globe took to nan streets aft nan seizure of Nicolás Maduro, whose norm was marked by economical illness and wide migration retired of nan oil-rich nation.

Venezuelans successful Miami, Fla., Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Madrid, Spain, donned Venezuela’s nationalist colors and waved flags hours aft President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and his woman had been flown retired of nan state pursuing an overnight U.S. subject operation.

In Miami, Venezuelans danced and cheered, pinch celebrations besides taking spot extracurricular Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence successful Palm Beach, Fla. In Doral, Fla., revelers chanted "liberty" and draped Venezuelan flags complete their shoulders.

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Venezuelans observe nan seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro extracurricular Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2025, successful Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Outside nan El Arepazo restaurant, a hub of nan Venezuelan civilization of Doral, 1 man held a portion of cardboard pinch "Libertad" scrawled pinch a achromatic marker. It was a sentiment expressed by different autochthonal Venezuelans hoping for a caller opening for their location state arsenic they chanted "Liberty! Liberty! Liberty!"

"We’re for illustration everybody — it’s a operation of feelings, of course," Alejandra Arrieta, who came to nan U.S. successful 1997, told The Associated Press.

"There’s fears. There’s excitement," he said. "There’s truthful galore years that we’ve been waiting for this. Something had to hap successful Venezuela. We each request nan freedom."

A kid holds a motion reference "Somos Libres" ("We Are Free") during a rally successful Santiago, Chile, connected Jan. 3, 2026, aft President Donald Trump said U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pursuing a subject operation (Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro/Getty Images)

Ecstatic crowds besides gathered successful Santiago, Chile, wherever 1 kid held a motion reference "Somos Libres," meaning, "We Are Free."

The demonstrations reflected nan standard of Venezuela’s diaspora, which has grown dramatically during Maduro’s years successful power, arsenic millions fled what critics picture arsenic a play of economical illness marked by hyperinflation and wide nutrient shortages.

Since 2017, astir 8 cardinal group person fled Venezuela, making it 1 of nan world’s largest displacement crises, according to nan U.N. Refugee Agency.

Venezuelans successful Peru observe astatine Miguel de Cervantes Park adjacent nan Venezuelan Embassy successful Lima connected Jan. 3, 2026, aft President Donald Trump said U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pursuing strikes connected Venezuela. (Connie France / AFP via Getty Images)

More than 6.9 cardinal Venezuelans are presently hosted successful Latin American and Caribbean countries, while hundreds of thousands much unrecorded successful nan United States and Europe, wherever diaspora communities person remained politically progressive and intimately engaged pinch events backmost home.

People observe successful Madrid, Spain, connected Jan. 3, 2026, aft President Donald Trump said nan United States struck Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro. (REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura)

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People clasp Venezuelan and U.S. flags arsenic they respond successful nan streets of Miami, Fla., connected Jan. 3, 2026, aft President Donald Trump said nan United States struck Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro. (REUTERS/Marco Bello)

Maduro has been successful powerfulness since 2013, erstwhile he succeeded longtime Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez pursuing Chávez’s death, presiding complete a play marked by economical decline, governmental unrest and wide migration.

Not each reactions to nan U.S. action were celebratory.

People respond successful nan streets of Miami, Florida, connected Jan. 3, 2026, aft President Donald Trump said nan U.S. struck Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro. (REUTERS/Marco Bello)

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Protests some successful favour of and against nan strikes person been scheduled successful Buenos Aires and different cities crossed nan region, underscoring heavy divisions complete Venezuela’s early and Washington’s domiciled successful nan crisis.

In Greece, members of nan Greek Communist Party demonstrated against Maduro’s capture.