The world is still processing the remarkable raid in Venezuela and its effect on the political front.
The world is still processing the remarkable raid in Venezuela and its effect on the political front.
U.S. Special Operations Forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his residence on Jan. 3 and transported him to New York to face U.S. charges in a narco-terrorism conspiracy case.
Maduro — a left-wing authoritarian who ruled Venezuela for more than a decade while ignoring election results — was not just another foreign dictator. He presided over the transformation of a once-wealthy nation into a failed narco-state, exporting drugs, migration instability, and criminal networks and gangs directly into the United States.
A Harvard-Harris poll in December makes it unmistakably clear where the American people stand on Venezuela. Public opinion was closer to 80-20 than a partisan split, driven by concerns about drugs, crime and national security.
Voters didn’t view Maduro as a legitimate democratic leader. Some 64% said he should be removed from office; 75% described his government as a dictatorship.
