The Vatican and the local Church in Venezuela have responded with restraint and calls for prayer following a United States military intervention that led to the capture of the former de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife.
In the early hours of 3 January, US forces carried out an operation in Caracas and other strategic areas of Venezuela, striking institutional and military targets. Washington later confirmed that President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been detained and removed from the country.
