NEWS ANALYSIS. The strikes against drug trafficking vessels concealed a broader offensive: Oil and Russian and Chinese influence in Caracas took precedence over the actual flows of fentanyl or cocaine, which were negligible from Venezuela.

President Nicolás Maduro declined to comment on a reported CIA-led strike on a Venezuelan docking area that Donald Trump claimed was used by cartels

'We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,' Donald Trump said at a press conference following the capture of President…