“Crisis in Venezuela”: New FRONTLINE, AP Documentary Investigates Maduro’s Fall and What’s Next

Crisis in Venezuela Watch the documentary at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App starting Feb. 10, 2026, at 7/6c, or on PBS stations (check local listings) and on FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel that night at 10/9c. It will also be available on PBS Documentaries on Prime Video.

What’s next for Venezuela after the Trump administration’s dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro, who is now facing drug trafficking charges in the U.S.?

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press explore that question in Crisis in Venezuela, a new documentary premiering Tues., Feb. 10 on PBS and online.

In the weeks since Maduro’s fall, the two award-winning news organizations have been collaborating to investigate President Trump’s long campaign to topple Maduro, the legacy of corruption and challenges to democracy in Venezuela, and the fight over who will control the oil-rich South American country.

FRONTLINE and the AP’s reporting unfolds in Crisis in Venezuela, the newest film from director Juan Ravell and producer Jeff Arak. The duo’s Emmy-nominated documentary A Dangerous Assignment chronicled what happened to an investigative journalist who exposed corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela. Now, with AP reporters Joshua Goodman and Regina García Cano, the filmmakers probe the country’s uncertain future and the Maduro regime insiders who’ve been left in charge while opposition leader María Corina Machado remains in exile.

Those insiders include Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez — who, the AP found, has been on the radar of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for years and in 2022 was even labeled a “priority target,” a designation DEA reserves for suspects believed to have a “significant impact” on the drug trade.

Crisis in Venezuela examines the Trump administration’s relationship with Rodríguez and its approach to democracy in Venezuela in the aftermath of Maduro’s capture. The film also builds on the collaborative reporting done for A Dangerous Assignment with the AP and the Venezuelan news site Armando.info on a key Maduro operative, Alex Saab, who was indicted by the U.S. and is reportedly now in custody in Venezuela.

For the full story, watch Crisis in Venezuela and explore related reporting from the AP.

Crisis in Venezuela will be available to watch starting Feb. 10, 2026. Watch at 10/9c on FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel and on PBS stations (check local listings), or stream at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App starting at 7/6c. Crisis in Venezuela will also be available on PBS Documentaries on Prime Video. Subscribe to FRONTLINE’s newsletter to get updates on events, podcasts and additional reporting related to Crisis in Venezuela.

Credits Crisis in Venezuela is a FRONTLINE production with Mongoose Pictures and Documento Films in association with the Associated Press. The reporters are Joshua Goodman and Regina García Cano. The writers are Jeff Arak & Juan Ravell. The producer is Jeff Arak. The director is Juan Ravell. The senior producers are Dan Edge and Eamonn Matthews. The managing editor of FRONTLINE is Andrew Metz. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.

About FRONTLINE FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling. FRONTLINE has won an Academy Award® as well as every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 110 Emmy Awards and 34 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to learn more. FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with major support from Ford Foundation. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Trust, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.

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