US EditionIn Claiming American Strength, Trump Also Highlights Weakness
US forces conducted air strikes and detained President Maduro, part of a broader campaign that critics allege includes sanctions contributing to widespread suffering.
- Soon, the United States launched massive air strikes on Venezuela and reportedly captured Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, who was allegedly moved to an undisclosed location near Caracas, Venezuela.
- Decades of US sanctions have crippled the Venezuelan economy, while the United States government bombed boats and the Trump administration framed Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, as a `narcoterrorism` ringleader.
- At sea, US operations included hijacking oil tankers and disrupting Venezuelan deliveries, while over Caracas, US helicopters and special forces operated with possible small ground insertions amid a larger military presence.
- According to Senator Mike Lee's post, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Maduro was arrested to stand trial in the United States, while President Trump posted he was seized by US special forces; commentators warn hostilities may continue despite claims of no further action.
- Regional dynamics include 100,000 deaths estimated by Alfred de Zayas by 2020, 30,000 Cuban operatives in Venezuela, and Cuba’s dependence on reduced Venezuelan oil deliveries.
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The bombing of Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro after the military action of the United States in Venezuela is not only a late reckoning of the U.S. against an authoritarian regime. It is, above all, a revealing scene of the world that is taking shape and the diminishing place that Europe occupies in it. A world where force re-imposes itself to law, where big decisions are made without allies and where the multilateralism that sustain…
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In claiming American strength, Trump also highlights weakness
The US appears to have completed a bold act of regime change in unseating Nicolas Maduro, but what unfolds next for Venezuela and the world is not so clear-cut.
The United States will govern Venezuela until a new transitional government can be installed, Trump says. But while his bold operation removed Maduro, his regime is not gone, and it is unclear what happens next, or whether this is just the beginning.
After the U.S. attack on Venezuela, it is unclear what happens in the country, but a "regime change" would be dangerous. About the background and consequences of the attack.
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