1、COMMENTARYThe US Commits to Venezuelas Transition.Can itSucceed?Dr Carlos Solar5 January 202610 Minute ReadCapturing Nicols Maduro is not a shortcut to rebuilding abroken country.Washington must now prevent a lengthyinterregnum by Maduristas.The decision by the US President Donald Trump to carry out
2、 military strikesinside Venezuela and extract President Nicols Maduro and his wife CiliaFlores marks a pivotal moment in Washingtons posture toward LatinAmerica,one that abandons longstanding restraint in favour of a more overtand assertive projection of power on behalf of American national security
3、.The execution of precision hits on at least five military bases signals that theadministration is no longer treating the region as a peripheral securityconcern,but as a theatre of direct confrontation.Yet running the countrystransition is a job that very few will want,as many questions remainunreso
4、lved.First,does the US bombing and extraction operation risk triggeringunintended escalation?The remaining government in Caracas is unlikely toacquiesce quietly.It is still very early days,too early to decipher whatPresident Trump meant while saying that the US will run Venezuela until a newgovernme