SIPA Faculty and Fellows React to US Actions in Venezuela
Faculty from SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP), Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), and Institute of Latin American Studies weigh in on the US’s removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Rapid Response Webinar: Venezuela — What Happens Next?
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The recent military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores raises several implications for the future of Venezuela and Latin America, geopolitics, and energy markets. Cosponsored by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP), along with Columbia’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), this January 7 webinar analyzes the circumstances and impact of their capture and extradition to New York to face narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges. Our panel of experts evaluated what Maduro’s removal means for the future of Venezuela and Latin America, the significance of this military operation and its legality, and the potential effects of the intervention on global energy markets.
In the Media
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Venezuela After Maduro: Can Trump Control Caracas From Afar?
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'If tomorrow, the US decides to seize Greenland, neither Denmark nor the EU has the means to stop it'
Jan 06 2026 | Le Monde
Trump says the U.S. plans to "take back" Venezuela's oil. But what does that mean
Jan 06 2026 | NPR
Justice for Venezuela at Last
Jan 05 2026 | Wall Street Journal
The Danger of Trump’s Flamboyant Violence
Jan 05 2026 | New York Times
Getting Venezuela’s oil will be harder than the White House thinks
Jan 05 2026 | Semafor
China Needed Oil. Venezuela Needed Cash. Their Deal Faces a Turning Point.
Jan 05 2026 | New York Times
Why ‘Taking’ Venezuela’s Oil Hurts U.S. Energy Security
Jan 05 2026 | Foreign Policy
Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again
Jan 05 2026 | CNN
‘No Reason To Expect It Would Go Any Better Than Iraq’: Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Could Go From Confusion To Disaster
Jan 04 2026 | HuffPost
After Trump’s illegal Venezuela coup, there are two dangers: he is emboldened, but has no clue what comes next
Jan 04 2026 | The Guardian
Washington plans to put oil at heart of Venezuela’s future
Jan 04 2026 | Financial Times
Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Here’s How.
Jan 04 2026 | Politico
Venezuela: The Post-Maduro Oil, Gas and Mining Outlook
Jan 04 2026 | Americas Quarterly
Trump, the President who balances pacifist rhetoric and military operations in his foreign policy
Jan 04 2026 | El Mercurio
What happens now in Venezuela – and the world?
Jan 03 2026 | Good Authority
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Early on 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military operation to arrest President Nicolás Maduro and remove him from Venezuela.
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Early on January 3, 2026, the United States apprehended Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and removed Maduro from power. Maduro was transported to New York, where he now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking.