{"id":309196,"date":"2026-01-13T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/venezuela-what-happened-and-whats-next-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:00:16","slug":"venezuela-what-happened-and-whats-next-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/venezuela-what-happened-and-whats-next-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela: What happened and what&#8217;s next? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WPbvde0NDE4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Venezuela: What happened and what's next? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WPbvde0NDE4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On 3 January, US forces seized Venezuela\u2019s then president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, in a dramatic overnight raid on the capital, Caracas. <\/p>\n<p>BBC correspondents Ione Wells and Will Grant join Mimi Swaby to look at what happened and what it means for Venezuela now. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 3 January, US forces seized Venezuela\u2019s then president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, in a dramatic overnight raid on the capital, Caracas. 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