'At last I can go home'

JOY: THOUSANDS TAKE TO STREETS IN CITIES WORLDWIDE AS MADURO FALLS

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FREE AT LAST. Venezuelans living in Guatemala celebrate at Simon Bolivar Square in Guatemala City on Saturday, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

(AFP)

Some of the nearly eight million Venezuelans who fled economic collapse and repression under Nicolas Maduro gathered in their thousands in cities worldwide to celebrate the strongman’s ouster by US forces.

Thousands massed in the capitals of Chile, Mexico, Argentina and in Miami, dancing and hugging and waving Venezuelan flags.

“At last we'll be able to go back home,” street vendor Yurimar Rojas said, straining to make himself heard over an ebullient crowd gathered in Santiago, many decked out in the Venezuelan national colours of yellow, blue and red.