Darius Nabors was in an Uber to Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport near San Juan, Puerto Rico, to catch a flight home to Atlanta on Saturday morning when the driver told him that the United States had captured the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro.
Mr. Nabors, 40, who had spent New Year’s on the island, continued on to the airport, though he figured his flight would at least be delayed. At security, he said, the officer checking his documents asked if he had seen the news. Shortly after, he received confirmation that his flight, like others across the Caribbean, had been canceled.
Back in Old San Juan, Mr. Nabors said in a phone interview that he was feeling a range of emotions.
“On the one hand, you’re like, cool, I have two extra days of vacation,” he said. “On the other hand, you’re like, is this going to be seven extra days of vacation? I only brought a backpack.”
Mr. Nabors was among the potentially thousands of travelers in the Caribbean at the tail end of the holiday travel season whose plans were upended by the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela.
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