On January 3, 2026, Donald Trump ordered strikes on Caracas, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and openly said the US would "run" the country temporarily.
It looked chillingly familiar - almost a carbon copy of what the United States did to Panama in 1989, though the Cold War is long over.
So what does Trump really want from Venezuela? And more importantly, what kind of message is he sending to the rest of Latin America?
In this episode of News Xplained, we'll break it down.
Reporter: Xie Hongzhou
Cameraman: Xie Hongzhou
Video & Poster: Deng Yingheng
Editor: Yuan Zixiang, Ou Xiaoming, Ouyang Yan, Shen He
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