Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force doesn’t equal legitimacy (Monica Duffy Toft – Defense News)

An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant to convey dominance: Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed aboard a U.S. naval vessel. Shortly after the operation that seized Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would now “run” Venezuela until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” could be arranged.

Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force doesn’t equal legitimacy

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