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Venezuela’s quiet opposition leader: Why Edmundo González is on the sidelines of a power struggle
The US-led removal of Nicolás Maduro involved thousands of personnel and resulted in about 100 Venezuelan deaths, setting a precedent for influence through energy and security cooperation.
- On February 15, US forces executed a high-tempo operation that removed Nicolás Maduro and transported him to New York for trial.
- The US aims to control strategic levers to renegotiate influence, with analysts framing the operation as an effort to limit foreign leverage, including from Cuba.
- US forces mobilized thousands with strikes near the Colombian border, causing roughly 100 Venezuelan deaths, including members of the Cuban security detail, with no US casualties.
- Early signs include incremental political prisoner releases and shifts in public speech, but rapid stabilization looks fragile because the Rodríguez leadership's corruption and Venezuelan institutions' decay persist.
- With multilateral bodies paralyzed, analysts warn the episode suggests strongmen can influence sovereignty without occupation, exploiting institutional decay at the Organization of American States and UN Security Council.
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Trump Says US Helicopter Pilots Were ‘Hit Pretty Bad’ During Maduro Raid
President Donald Trump said that U.S. military pilots were “hit pretty bad in the legs” during a mission last month in Venezuela that led to the capture of the South American nation’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. While speaking at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Feb. 13, Trump said that three helicopter pilots were wounded amid gunfire, praising them as “really brave.” “They were hit pretty bad in the legs,” Trump said, adding that the pilots were “l…
The Pentagon used Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence model to invade Venezuela and capture President Nicolas Maduro in early January, the Wall Street Journal reported. The use of the model under contract with Palantir highlights the growing role of artificial intelligence in the Pentagon.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this Sunday that the situation in Venezuela “is much better” than six weeks ago, attributing that improvement to the U.S. military incursion that culminated in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 in Caracas. During a press conference in Bratislava, together with Slovakia’s Prime Minister, Robert Fico, Rubio firmly defended the operation and said that, although there is “a long way to go” an…
By Alessandra Freitas, CNN In the weeks following Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro's military capture by the United States, the world's attention was focused on who was best positioned to lead a country that spent 13 years under his authoritarian regime.Since the overthrow of Maduro by U.S. special forces on January 3, the right to succeed has been claimed by: Delcy Rodríguez, former vice president of Maduro and currently sworn in as preside…
Venezuela’s quiet opposition leader: Why Edmundo González is on the sidelines of a power struggle
By Alessandra Freitas, CNN In the weeks following the US military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the world’s attention turned to who was best placed to run a country that had spent 13 years under his authoritarian regime. Since Maduro’s unceremonious ouster at the hands of US special forces on January 3, the right to succeed him has been claimed by: Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s former deputy, currently sworn in as acting president …
Rubio defends US operation in Venezuela, calls out reporter for trying to start a fight
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, going on to call out a reporter for supposedly trying to stir up tension during a press conference.Rubio made the statement during a joint appearance with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. A reporter referenced Fico's previous criticism of the U.S. operation against Maduro and asked whether he stood by it, leading Rubio to addres…
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