Donald Trump is now the de facto president of Venezuela. In a colossal breach of international law, over the weekend, American troops seized former president Nicolás Maduro, spirited him out of the country, and he’s now languishing in a New York jail cell.
As per the Trump administration, they’re going to run the country, which presumably means stripping it of its oil and mineral wealth while installing a puppet leader who’ll do whatever Trump says. Or else.
