People celebrate at the Bolívar square in Bogotá, Colombia, on Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images
Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the “American Tales” podcast and cofounder of “The Sons of History.” He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.