Maduro's capture
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An unknown trader has raked in a profit worth about US$410,000 (about NZ$700,000) after betting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro would be ousted from his position.
The trader's account on Polymarket built up positions in contracts tied to Maduro's removal on terms...

![This image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account on January 3, 2026, shows what President Trump says is Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026. [Photo: AFP/SUPPLIED] Image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account o](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/maduro_on_plane.jpg?itok=LBxkEXgI)