US President Donald Trump’s assertion that Washington would “run” Venezuela following the capture of the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro opened urgent questions over its future, as the regime in Caracas looked to reassert power Sunday.Maduro — who is sitting in a New York jail after a stunning US operation ended the strongman’s 12-year rule — drew the Trump administration’s ire by mocking US threats against him, The New York Times reported.Washington is now hoping to work with Venezuela’s interim leader, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. Handing power to the opposition was unrealistic, but leaving Maduro’s allies in power assumes “that stability can be achieved by repackaging the existing power structure,” an analyst told Americas Quarterly. “It cannot.”— J.D. Capelouto
US President Donald Trump’s assertion that Washington would “run” Venezuela following the capture of the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro opened urgent questions over its future, as the regime in Caracas looked to reassert power Sunday.
Maduro — who is sitting in a New York jail after a stunning US operation ended the strongman’s 12-year rule — drew the Trump administration’s ire by mocking US threats against him, The New York Times reported.
Washington is now hoping to work with Venezuela’s interim leader, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez.
Handing power to the opposition was unrealistic, but leaving Maduro’s allies in power assumes “that stability can be achieved by repackaging the existing power structure,” an analyst told Americas Quarterly. “It cannot.”