Trump says US will run Venezuela after Maduro seized

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Venezuela's toppled leader Nicolas Maduro is in a New York detention centre after an audacious raid to capture him by the United States. We hear from Venezuelans in Ireland; journalist Catherine Ellis; our Global Security Reporter Yvonne Murray; Caracas-based freelance journalist Gabriela Mesone Roja; and UCD's Assistant Professor Ed Burke.

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