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SIPA Faculty and Fellows React to US Actions in Venezuela

Posted Jan 08 2026
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Rapid Response Webinar: Venezuela — What Happens Next?

  • 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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Jan 22 2026  |  Lawfare

Venezuela After Maduro: Can Trump Control Caracas From Afar?

Jan 07 2026  |  On with Kara Swisher

'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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