Overview
- Peña said 90–95% of Venezuelans are "super stoked" about the U.S. action, arguing it ends oppression and opens a path to freedom.
- She endorsed opposition leader María Corina Machado to take the presidency and called Nicolás Maduro an illegitimate ruler.
- In an Instagram statement, she cited relatives’ hardship under Maduro and declared full support for what the administration "accomplished on January 3rd."
- U.S. forces captured Maduro and his wife on Jan. 3 on President Trump’s orders, with reports they were transported to a U.S. warship and then New York to face federal narco-terrorism and related charges; Maduro has pleaded not guilty.
- Coverage notes UN and EU legal concerns over sovereignty and reports of roughly 80 casualties, including 32 Cuban personnel, intensifying scrutiny of the operation.