‘Down With Socialism’: Poilievre Congratulates Trump for Capturing Venezuela’s Maduro

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida wave to delegates at the Conservative Party Convention in Quebec City on Sept. 8, 2023. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump over the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

The United States announced Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and transported to New York following an overnight military strike by U.S. forces in Venezuela on Jan. 2. The two were indicted on drug trafficking charges, according to U.S. officials.