Why stability in Venezuela is essential even for the US

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is under arrest in the US, facing drug-related charges. He is unlikely to ever return to his nation. The operation to arrest him, Operation Absolute Resolve, was a success. The CIA had managed to bribe senior members of the military hierarchy as also key members of his personal security, thereby ensuring that there was no reaction at local levels from the Venezuelan military during the operation. Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president to provide stability to a country long governed by a civil?military arrangement rooted in the leftist, populist ‘Chavismo’ ideology associated with…