Overview
- Caracas entered Sunday with sparse traffic, limited store openings and long lines for essentials, while armed colectivos patrolled parts of the west and police presence in the east remained low.
- Power cuts persisted in southern and central districts, public transit was curtailed, and residents queued for fuel and water as reports described tense scenes at supply points.
- Explosions were reported near the La Carlota air base and smoke hung over the city after a U.S. strike that President Trump confirmed, with citizen videos filling information gaps under restricted media conditions.
- The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ordered Delcy Rodríguez to serve as acting president, and she advanced a decree of external commotion granting expanded authority over security, services and hydrocarbons.
- Trump said the United States will oversee a transition and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Rodríguez, while Maduro was reported held at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center on U.S. narcoterrorism and related charges.