Trump's Venezuela Gamble: Maduro gone, but new, sharper socialists rise.
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Firstpost•05-01-2026, 18:26
Trump's Venezuela Gamble: Maduro gone, but new, sharper socialists rise.
- •Donald Trump's capture of Nicolás Maduro destabilized Venezuela's power structure, but may have inadvertently empowered a new, more sophisticated socialist leadership.
- •Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge Rodríguez, from a Marxist revolutionary background, are now in the spotlight, representing a polished face of Venezuela's socialist project.
- •Jorge Rodríguez, as head of the National Assembly and Maduro's chief political operator, is seen as the brains behind the regime, having stabilized the economy and boosted oil production despite US sanctions.
- •Experts suggest Maduro's removal clears the path for a younger, more disciplined leadership capable of economic stability and strategic resistance against Washington without theatrics.
- •Despite Trump's tough rhetoric, the move carries the irony of potentially strengthening the very "anti-American socialists" he condemns, echoing past US regime change failures in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why It Matters: Trump's capture of Maduro might have inadvertently empowered a new, savvy socialist leadership in Venezuela.
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