{"id":386949,"date":"2026-01-04T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386949\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:34:10","slug":"live-updates-maduro-wife-brought-to-new-york-after-being-captured-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386949\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Maduro, wife brought to New York after being captured in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2254500003.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago club following US strikes on Caracas on Saturday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3357\" width=\"5036\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz03fqs000b3b6pnfmy3b0e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In an interview with CBS News this evening, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the US will control what happens next in Venezuela before also saying that it will be up to the people of Venezuela to determine their fate.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz09poe000h3b6p0gs9l6og@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At one point, Hegseth said \u201cwe\u201d \u2014 meaning the US \u2014 \u201care going to control what happens next.\u201d But later on, he said, \u201cWhat happens next will be in the hands of Venezuelans to decide.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjyyma8i00023b6p8pjjpb8n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In response to questions about possible troop deployments to Venezuela, Hegseth said \u201cwe are still poised\u201d so that President Donald Trump has \u201coptions\u201d going forward.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz09t47000i3b6pkz6hx8ak@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When anchor Tony Dokoupil asked, \u201cIs it about freedom or is it about oil? At the press conference today, President Trump seemed to indicate that both were a factor,\u201d Hegseth answered, \u201cFreedom, security, prosperity.\u201d Hegseth proceeded to lavish praise on the president.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz09y6c000j3b6pea2wd3q6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dokoupil also invoked the US history with Iraq and the \u201csignificant loss of US treasure and of US blood\u201d to ask, \u201cMany of the president\u2019s own supporters tonight are wondering, how is this, this time around, going to be different? And how is it in the US interest?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz0a38d000k3b6pk5ru9phu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth asserted that it\u2019s the opposite this time, because \u201cTrump flips the script.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz0d26p000n3b6ppvctkl4a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe says, through strategic action, we can ensure that we have access to additional wealth and resources, enabling a country to unleash that, without having to spend American blood,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjz09l5y000g3b6patsmwoi7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hegseth also said he had just spent time at Joint Base Andrews with service members involved in the US operation in Venezuela.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an interview with CBS News this evening, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the US will control&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-386949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}