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Three months after Maduro's capture, there's an air of home in Venezuela

NPR | By Eyder Peralta

Published April 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM CDT

Three months after Nicolás Maduro's capture, Venezuelans are daring to hope again — even as the hardest part may still lie ahead.

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Eyder Peralta

Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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