New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- The United States has captured the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, after launching airstrikes on the socialist South American country. President Donald Trump has announced that the US will take control of the oil-rich country. However, members of Maduro's government, who are still in Caracas, the country's capital, have vowed to stay united behind their president.

This is the most controversial US attack on a Latin American country in 37 years since the invasion of Panama.

Here are answers to top questions on the US-Venezuela situation:

Trump has firmly said that the US will take control of the South American nation. His Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has also backed the idea, saying that "the president a...