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Venezuela's path to freedom

Twenty-six years to the day after Manuel Noriega's surrender in Panama, US authorities executed a spectacular capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. At 2 a.m., a series of explosions were heard in the capital city of Caracas. Hours later, Maduro was in handcuffs en route to the Southern District of New York, where, similar to the Panamanian strongman, he faces charges of drug trafficking.