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Can Washington engineer Venezuela’s democratic transition | This Is America

Published 13 August 2026 · world

After U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife in January, the Trump administration proposed a three-phase plan for Venezuela comprising stabilization, recovery and democratic

After U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife in January, the Trump administration proposed a three-phase plan for Venezuela comprising stabilization, recovery and democratic transition. The U.S. State Department said Washington had no intention of dictating how Venezuela’s election would be run and that it understood the complications of trying to prepare for a vote while still recovering from devastating earthquakes.

Presenter: Alex Marquardt Guests: Henry Ziemer - Fellow with the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Ian Vasquez - Vice President

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