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After Maduro: Challenges for Stabilizing Venezuela

José Gustavo Arocha
01/30/2026
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Maduro’s capture opened a path toward Venezuela’s stabilization and recovery. Success requires dismantling Iran’s operational footprint, severing military–militia links, and cutting illicit revenue (drug trafficking, shadow fleets, illegal mining, money laundering).

Neutralizing Iran’s Military Footprint in Venezuela

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Iran has established a dangerous military arsenal in Venezuela, operational Mohajer-6 combat drones, Shahed-style loitering munitions, Nasr-1 anti-ship missiles, and fast-attack boats, with local assembly facilities and embedded Iranian personnel.

U.S. operation in Venezuela: self-defense against a hybrid aggressor

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The United States conducted a military operation on Venezuelan territory which, according to President Donald Trump, included a large-scale attack and resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his removal from the country.

Venezuela as Bridgehead: Treasury Sanctions Expose Iran’s Drone Capability Moving Closer to the United States

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The new U.S. Treasury designations underscore what SFS has documented for years: Venezuela is Iran’s Western Hemisphere bridgehead. The Tehran-Caracas drone pipeline is embedding capability closer to U.S. territory.