Maduro seen on camera hours before America's Venezuela operation | Venezuela under attack

Hours before U.S. jets roared over Caracas, Nicolas Maduro was all smiles in Miraflores Palace, joking with China’s envoy and admiring porcelain gifts as he praised a “victorious” alliance with Beijing. By dawn, explosions rocked Venezuela’s capital, power went out in swaths of the city, and Washington confirmed a “large‑scale strike” and Maduro’s capture.