Hostile Takeover and Abandonment Explain U.S. Actions in Venezuela
Two analogies can help us understand today’s state of play and the consequences of Trump’s policy in the country.
To understand the U.S. military operation against Nicolás Maduro, many analysts have invoked a familiar historical comparison: the era of the Roosevelt Corollary (1904). This was a period when the U.S. engaged in recurrent interventions in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, roughly between 1898 and 1933. The comparison is understandable, but ultimately incomplete. It helps explain Washington’s rhetoric and motivation, but not its full conduct in Venezuela today. The comparison cannot explain why the U.S. has kept the regime intact and snubbed the opposition. During the...
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