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Conrad Black: Maduro’s Removal an Astonishing Strategic Success for the US

Conrad Black: Maduro’s Removal an Astonishing Strategic Success for the US
Opponents of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro demonstrate in Doral, Florida, on Jan. 4, 2026. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images
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The seizure and removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their official residence in Caracas, to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, with no American casualties, has been an astonishing strategic and tactical success.
Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.