After decapitating Venezuela’s government, President Donald Trump is betting that the US can bend Caracas to its will, secure lucrative oil contracts for American companies, eject hostile powers and end drug trafficking.
But other scenarios for the South American nation also beckon, such as internal strife and conflict with Washington, after Saturday’s unprecedented strike by US commandos to snatch strongman leader Nicolás Maduro from a military base in the dead of night.
Weakened by the surprise US operation — believed to be the first ever by US military against a nation in South America — the revolutionary socialist government’s initial task is to stay united under new leadership.
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