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In Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Venezuelan Vice President Delsey Rodriguez says there is still only one president of Venezuela, and that's Nicolas Maduro. She held a meeting with top government leaders this week, remaining defiant. She said Venezuela will not be run by the U.S. meanwhile, residents of the capital are waiting in lines in order to stock up on food and medicine. NPR's Kerry Kahn has more on the aftermath of the U.S. military intervention.
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The overall sentiment in Caracas has been one of shock after the capital was rocked by explosions early Saturday morning. Retired government worker Sandra Martinez, however, says Maduro had to go. It was necessary already, she said. And if a transition is to happen, God willing, she said she hopes it will be peaceful. Shopkeeper Carlos Barrada, who was 57 years old, said he felt the shockwaves of the explosions, but now he's worried about what's next. Everyone is saying the next days will be difficult. He says he's decided to take the little money he has stashed away and buy as much food as he can carry. Kahn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
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Congressional reaction to Maduro's removal is split largely along party lines. Speaking in South Florida this weekend, Florida House Republican Maria Elvares Alazar praised President Trump for saying the US Will run Venezuela until what he said would be a safe, proper and judicious transition.
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It proves that we are not an occupying power, like some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are saying. We're not an occupying power. We are a liberating power and we restore power and then we give it back to those who are in that country. We are a very benevolent country.
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In a call with reporters, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called Maduro an illegitimate dictator. But he said that President Trump's decision to launch military action without congressional authorization and a plan for what comes next is reckless. In other news, Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan is resigning after being convicted of trying to help a man evade Immigra enforcement. Sarah Lear of Wisconsin Public Radio has more.
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Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan's legal troubles started in April when she led a man through a side door of her courtroom. That's after immigration agents showed up at the courthouse to arrest the man for being in the country illegally. The day after the felony verdict against Dugan, Wisconsin's top legislative Republicans announced they would start impeachment proceedings against her unless she resigned immediately. In her resignation letter, Dugan indicated she is still planning to appeal her conviction, but Dugan said she is stepping down to avoid a, quote, partisan fight in the state legislature. Wisconsin's Democratic governor will appoint another judge to replace Dugan. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Lear in Milwaukee.