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World Service,04 Jan 2026,49 mins

Concern across Latin America after US strikes Venezuela

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US President Donald Trump says he intends to run Venezuela and its vital oil sector following the capture of President Maduro in a military raid on Caracas. Venezuela’s neighbours are already expressing their concerns. Also in today’s programme: Why Kenya struggles to convince the global athletics authority, World Athletics (WA), that its athletes are not drug cheats; and we hear about Quartet for the End of Time, a piece of chamber music that was first performed in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. (Photo: Protest in San Francisco against US military action in Venezuela, USA - 03 Jan 2026. John G Mabanglo /EPA/Shutterstock

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