President Trump offered few details about how the United States would oversee Venezuela and for how long, but said its oil industry would “make a lot of money” under U.S. leadership. President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were being taken to New York to stand trial on drug and weapons charges.
from New York Times [shareable 30-day gift article]
Jan. 3, 2026
Looks like the USA is running it pretty well so far. Lots of videos of violence in Venezuela.
Maybe we should make Venezuela a territory and its people citizens. Then at least they could have rights. (USA running it like Iraq and Afghanistan were run by the USA will cause more people to flee, possibly to the USA.)