1、WEditors note:In the first of two commentaries,Vanda Felbab-Brown breaks down theTrump administrations objectives and the implications of the Maduros arrests forregime change in Venezuela.In a forthcoming companion piece,she will explore theminimal security functionality and sustainability required
2、of a new politicaldispensation,counternarcotics efforts,and the implications for U.S.-Latin Americarelations and U.S.global image.ith Venezuelas President Nicols Maduro and his wife captured by the U.S.military and exfiltrated to New York to face,thereis stunningly little clarity as to what kind of
3、governance lies ahead inVenezuela and how U.S.objectives will be met.During a,U.S.President Donald Trump broke with his administrations own of doing no more“nation-building,”and that hisadministration would now run Venezuela until its oil production is significantly boosted.He designated several of
4、his cabinet officials to work through Delcy Rodrguez,Maduros vice president,now sworn in as the president of Venezuela,instead of thewidely popular opposition leader Mara Corina Machado and her associate EdmundoGonzalez,who likely won the 2024 presidential elections.A day later,U.S.Secretary ofState