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Special Episode: After Maduro’s Ouster, What Are Trump’s Plans for Venezuela?

January 6, 2026·45 min·7-min readinterviewpolitics
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In a surreal and unprecedented military operation, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a raid that has upended norms of international sovereignty. President Trump declared the U.S. would now 'run Venezuela' and grant American oil companies preferential

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Jon Lee Anderson

interview on The Political Scene | The New Yorker

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Jon Lee AndersonTyler FoggattNicolás MaduroDelcy RodríguezMaría Corina MachadoGustavo PetroJuan Orlando HernándezManuel Noriega

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Regime Change in America's Backyardby Jon Lee Anderson

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AuthoritarianismForeign PolicyGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismUs Politics

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