I'm Dan Kurtz-Valen, and this is the Foreign Affairs Interview.
There really is no long-term political solution on the table.
What we're looking at is a possible much diminished Chavista regime hanging on,
struggling on, but staying in power, while the U.S.
essentially turns Venezuela into a colony in all but name.
Latin America is heading in a very negative direction.
And the military, U.S.
military is not going to solve that.
The U.S.
has to come in with more than just trade, but have a very ambitious approach to economic policy,
especially if he wants to compete with China and the Western Homes.
It was just a few days ago that, after months of saber-rattling by the Trump administration, U.S.
forces raided Venezuela and captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro.
Already,
Trump has suggested that the United States could run the country and has demanded a huge stake in Venezuela's vast oil resources.
Maduro, meanwhile, sits in a New York jail awaiting trial.
But much remains unclear about what happens in Venezuela with Maduro gone,
but his regime largely still in place,
how his ouster affects the wider region,
and what's next as the Trump administration flexes its muscles in Latin America.