"Feels like an illusion": Trump seizing Maduro hasn't changed Venezuela

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Many hoped for change after Donald Trump seized Nicolás Maduro. But for most Venezuelans, life under the movement Hugo Chávez started continues as usual. Ángel Linares heard a strange buzz, then an explosion. He thought neighbors were setting off New Year's fireworks. Then his windows shattered. The building's walls shook. The facade ripped off. Linares flew to the ground of his apartment, now reduced to rubble. His 85-year-old mother, Jesucita, feared an earthquake had hit Venezuela's northern coast. She remembered the one from 1967.