Inside Nicolás Maduro’s Last Days as Venezuela’s Leader

Scritto il 25/02/2026
da Anatoly Kurmanaev, Mariana Martínez and Tyler Pager

The Venezuelan leader overestimated his strength and misread his exchange with President Trump in the decisive weeks before his capture by U.S. forces.In his final weeks in power, President Nicolás Maduro still believed a deal with Washington was possible, people close to him said.