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Pedro Camacho

U.S. Officials Reportedly Modeled Maduro's Fall in a War Game: It Resulted In a Violent Power Struggle in Venezuela

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he speaks during a meeting at the National Assembly in Caracas on August 22, 2025 (Credit: Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. officials conducted a war game during Donald Trump's first term to assess what might follow the fall of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with ominous results, according to by The New York Times.

The unclassified exercise predicted that military factions, political groups, and armed guerrillas would go on to compete for control of the South American, producing sustained instability across the country.

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