From Venezuela to Greenland? Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Renata Segura and Stephen Pomper about the fallout from the U.S. operation capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Washington’s push for oil concessions, and the future U.S. Western hemisphere policy. In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard talks with Renata Segura, Crisis Group’s Latin America & Caribbean director, and chief of policy Stephen Pomper, about the fallout from the U.S. operation last weekend seizing Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. They unpack how the Chavista government is holding together under pressure from the Trump administration to give up control of Venezuelan oil. They examine what’s driving the Trump administration's action in Venezuela and whether a democratic transition is realistically on the horizon. They also explore what precedent the operation sets for Cuba and countries across Latin America, the administration’s sharpening rhetoric around Greenland, and what all this signals about a more openly revisionist U.S. approach to the post–World War II order. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . For more, check out our statement “ Venezuela after Maduro: Transaction or Transition? ”, this week’s special episode “ What Next for Venezuela ?” and our Venezuela page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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From Venezuela to Greenland? Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy is an episode from Hold Your Fire! by International Crisis Group.

This episode is 43:16 long.

This episode was published on Jan 10, 2026.

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