Snatching Nicolás Maduro and attempting to take control of Venezuela and its oil is an extraordinary display of the new “Donroe doctrine”
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But the president’s claim of dominance over the western hemisphere may backfire
The regime that was led by Nicolás Maduro may well prove tricky to control
Some Republicans fret about a quagmire, and the president’s contempt for democracy
It seems more collaborative than coercive. That will worry the democratic opposition
Sidelining the democratic opposition and its leader, María Corina Machado, would be a mistake
The tactical success of his operation in Caracas appears to have whetted Donald Trump’s appetite for intervention
