1、The potential ripple effects of the United States military operation in Venezuelaon January 3,2026 extend well beyond either country.Brookings scholarsassess the global implications of the events that took place in Caracas.SCOTT R.ANDERSONWho controls Venezuelas overseas oil assets?The Trump adminis
2、trations through interim President DelcyRodriguez is in deep tension with a signature policy of the first Trump administration.As a result,it has the potential to cause confusion regarding who controls the oilindustry the Trump administration wishes to reform.In 2019,the first Trump administrational
3、ong with various alliesstopped recognizingthe Maduro regime as Venezuelas government.Instead,it,who under Venezuelasconstitution by virtue of his role in the 2015 National Assembly and the fraudulentnature of the 2018 presidential election that Maduro claimed to have won.WhenGuaid lost this role in
4、2023,the Biden administration(alongside many othercountries)shifted U.S.recognition to the 2015 National Assembly itself as“”of Venezuelas government.While the Maduro regime remained inplan to“run”Venezuelarecognized the governmentof Juan Guaidclaimed to be interim presidentthe onlylegitimate branch