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Author: Lindsay Jones, Marcus Gee
Publication Date: January 4, 2026 - 20:05
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Venezuelans living across Canada carry complex feelings about Maduro’s ouster
January 4, 2026
Juliana Fombona said she felt a surge of hope when she learned that the U.S. military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas on Saturday. But that optimism was fleeting as she began to ponder what the future might hold.
The same political forces behind Mr. Maduro are still entrenched in her home country despite his removal, said Ms. Fombona, an architect who has lived in Halifax for 23 years. And it’s still unclear who will run Venezuela, whether democracy will be restored and when the humanitarian crisis may improve.
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The national child-care program that promised to reduce fees to about $10 a day by this spring is expected to be approximately 90,000 spaces short of its target, and most of the licensed spots that have opened are in the for-profit sector, according to a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report. The federal government announced the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program in the 2021 budget. By March, 2022, the provinces and territories had all agreed to create more than 284,000 spaces by March 31, 2026.
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