Southern Exposure: Trump’s Arrest of Maduro Brings Opportunities and Dangers

📺: Watch this episode on YouTube here. The arrest of Nicolás Maduro was a complex operation that exposed the weakness of a narco-dictatorship and sent a clear signal to America’s adversaries. In short: it was a tactical success. But taking out a dictator is not the same as dismantling a regime — and Venezuela’s regime remains largely intact. Host Cliff May is joined by Carrie Filipetti to assess what the operation changed, what it didn’t, and what comes next — from who still holds power in Caracas and the fate of political prisoners, to what Venezuela’s uncertain future means for U.S. strategy in the Western Hemisphere and beyond.

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Southern Exposure: Trump’s Arrest of Maduro Brings Opportunities and Dangers is an episode from Foreign Podicy by FDD.

This episode is 00:48:52 long.

This episode was published on Jan 9, 2026.

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