The first 72 hours of 2026 seem like the prelude to a year to remember. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has been ousted in a mission straight out of a movie, ending a corruption-marked, cocaine-trafficking-fueled leadership in less than 30 minutes. With Maduro now jailed in the U.S. and unlikely to be released anytime soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a geopolitical dilemma that forces him to consider what he truly wants from Venezuela and Latin America. Even though Donald Trump and his closest associates have been trying to explain Operation Absolute Resolve as
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