Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gather during a demonstration in Caracas on Jan, 4, 2026. Pedro Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images by Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University 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 […]

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Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gather during a demonstration in Caracas on Jan, 4, 2026. Pedro Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images by Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University 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 […]The post Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.

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  • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    21 days ago

    Yeah.

    You’d think we might have learned that from…

    Checks notes

    EVERY OTHER TIME WE’VE TRIED IT

    • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      21 days ago

      Yeah, it is becoming apparent that their plans for Venezuela basically ended after the kidnapping of Maduro. As usual for US colonial politics, which seems to have been the same as it always was, the plan seemed to be:

      1. Flex military

      2. ???

      3. The people living in the country targeted by the US military will now live free and happily ever after, while giving the US all of their natural resources.