Venezuela: Do US sanctions seek regime change? Maybe not in the short term ...
The Trump administration slapped tough sanctions on Venezuela last month that for the first time aimed to restrict the teetering southern neighbor’s access to international financial lifelines.
And it raised a smoldering question: Is the United States gunning for regime change?
For some – including embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – any doubts as to the answer were erased by President Trump himself. He punctuated the sanctions decision with a threat of US military intervention if Venezuela’s slide into what he called “dictatorship” is not reversed.
Mr. Trump’s reference to a “possible military option” conjured up the region’s memories of “Yanqui” interventions past, many of
