A Latin American NATO? It may be necessary

Filed by Elara Myst

by José NiñoBefore dawn on January 3, 2026, American warplanes pounded military targets across Venezuela while U.S. Special Forces kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas. The raid drew on more than 150 aircraft flying from twenty land and sea locations. Venezuela’s interior minister counted more than one hundred dead, and Havana acknowledged losing Cuban personnel. President Donald Trump then declared that Washington would “run the ...