The Venezuelan Regime’s New Strategy

“Venezuela’s new leader has a narrow path to survival: Appease both the hard-line remnants of Nicolás Maduro’s regime and President Trump at the same time,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Delcy Rodríguez’s dilemma was illustrated in the hours after Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were snatched from their bedroom by U.S. commandos on Saturday. Rodríguez, a true-believer socialist, hit the airwaves with a defiant tone, denouncing an imperialist attack and declaring that her boss remained the nation’s rightful leader.”

“By the next day, Rodríguez appeared on television leading a cabinet meeting as the acting president and seemed to offer an olive branch to Trump, an archnemesis who has threatened stronger actions unless the regime in Caracas submits.”