<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics & Policy Daily: The U.S. Didn’t Get What It Wanted in Venezuela
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How the White House Planned for Freedom in Venezuela but Got Bedlam
The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared poised to take power for a brief moment this week. It seemed he had wrested control of Venezuela’s military from longtime President Nicolás Maduro. The move suggested that a months-long diplomatic effort from the Trump administration that “didn’t begin with a tweet,” as Uri Friedman had worked.
