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Twenty-four hours have passed since Apache gunships appeared over Caracas. The initial shock of the abduction of Nicolás Maduro is giving way to a more practical question: What now? Donald Trump has declared that the US is going to “run Venezuela” and revitalize its oil industry. It is the kind of bombastic statement that his supporters cheer and the media amplifies without scrutiny. But history suggests that this promise is not just optimistic; it is a fantasy.
