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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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From: S. maltophilia12/7/2025 2:47:37 PM
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A recap of Monroe Doctrine 2.0:

.... Trump has now ordered the largest military buildup in the region since the Cuban missile crisis. Yet key questions remain flagrantly unaddressed: What will happen if Maduro refuses to leave office? In the event that he does leave, how will the U.S. prevent a power vacuum that would lead to further violence and instability? The Venezuelan regime could well survive Maduro’s absence, with his second-in-command, Diosdado Cabello, or any number of other senior figures poised to succeed him. The Trump Administration’s logic has seemed to depend on the notion that the Venezuelan opposition, now led by this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, would take over the government in an interim capacity. Experts, however, caution that this would be exceedingly complicated. Machado is opposed by the military officers whose support she would need...

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