CRISTIAN BENAVIDES:
00:01:03
He is one of roughly 8 million Venezuelans, more than a quarter of the country's population, who fled the troubled country in the last decade, the largest exodus in Latin America's modern history. While the exile community celebrated Maduro's ouster, a different scene in Caracas, where there's tense anticipation and uncertainty and a rush for basics including food and medicine. [SPEAKING SPANISH]
CRISTIAN BENAVIDES:
00:01:27
Hard times are coming, this woman says, but I hope it will bring significant change to Venezuela. Today at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV criticized US intervention. He's not alone. There were protests around the world, including in the US. Viva Venezuela. US troops have got to go. We know that these wars cost billions of dollars, and that is money that could be used to help the working class in the United States.
CRISTIAN BENAVIDES:
00:01:57
But for so many Venezuelans, this is a moment they've waited for over 25 years of hard-line rule. I think we deserve having freedom. We're good people. It is difficult to overstate the joy and the hope that is being felt here by so many Venezuelans that the toppling of Nicolas Maduro could mean the return of freedom and democracy to Venezuela. Tony? Cristian, I think you captured it beautifully. Thank you very much.
