The Way Forward For Venezuela
By
Michael Reid
A successful transition will depend on investment, who leads the military, and more.
More than two weeks after the Delta Force’s extraction of Nicolás Maduro from Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, a few things are clearer. One is that regime decapitation does not equal regime change. On the surface, not much appears to have changed in Venezuela’s capital. The same thugs patrol the streets, the population remains afraid to voice dissent, and state media continues spewing the same propaganda. Delcy Rodríguez has taken over as the country’s interim president in a seemingly seamless transition. However, the effects of Donald Trump’s brief...
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