CNA Democracy takes a back seat: Analyst on US capture of Venezuela’s Maduro

The recent dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United States has removed a long-standing adversary from power, but it has not delivered what many Venezuelans were hoping for: A clear path back to democracy. Instead, experts say Washington’s priority appears to be leverage – using military pressure to reshape Venezuela’s behaviour, secure energy interests and extract cooperation from a weakened but still-functioning regime in Caracas. Ernesto Castaneda, the director of the American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, tells CNA’s Asia First that even with Maduro removed, his close confidants – many accused of human rights abuses and other crimes – remain firmly in charge of the nation.

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