A demonstrator holds US and Venezuelan flags during a rally in Katy, Texas, on January 3, 2026. | Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Imagesetty Images
Key takeaways
The Trump administration may be more focused on Latin America than any other White House since the 1960s. But the goals of all that focus are not quite as clear.
In the sweep of US history in Latin America, interventions like the capture of Maduro aren’t particularly unusual. It was the last 35 years since the end of the Cold War, when the US mostly refrained from these kinds of actions, that were the anomaly.
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