Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has sharply criticized President Donald Trump's approach to Venezuela in an New York Times op-ed, arguing that Washington has removed Nicolás Maduro without carrying out a genuine transition away from authoritarian rule.
The sprawling opinion piece by Bolton states that what is unfolding in Venezuela "is not regime change," but rather a series of half-measures that risk leaving the country under the control of Maduro-era power brokers.
