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Venezuela After Maduro: Can Trump Control Caracas From Afar?

January 8, 2026·55 min·4-min readroundtablepolitics
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The U.S. military operation to arrest Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro under the Trump administration marks a dramatic shift in foreign policy, signaling a revival of 19th-century gunboat diplomacy under what David Sanger terms the 'Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.' While the opera

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Luisa Palacios

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Nicolas MaduroLuisa PalaciosDavid SangerAlejandro VelascoKara Swisher

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New Cold Warsby David SangerBarrio Risingby Alejandro Velasco

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AuthoritarianismBreaking NewsForeign PolicyGeopoliticsGlobal NewsPolitical NewsUs Politics

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