Venezuela and Trump

On New Year's Eve, when asked about his resolutions, a very passionate Trump said, “Peace on Earth.” Just three days later, he invaded Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and abducted the president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife in a large-scale operation in the middle of the night. In an age of fragile world order, the US's reckless foreign policy action has caused severe geopolitical harm in the region. This article will focus on the situation of Venezuela's governance, Trump's motives and possible outcomes of this escalating war.

Coming from a humble background, Maduro rose to power quickly. He was born into a working-class family on November 23, 1962, in the El Valle neighbourhood of Caracas. He was raised under the significant influence of his father's politics.

Maduro's political rise began in organized labour. He is believed to have joined the Socialist League of Venezuela, a Marxist-Leninist party, in the early 1980s. In 1986, Maduro was sent as a representative of the Socialist League to Cuba for a year of political training at the Escuela Nacional de Cuadros Julio Antonio Mella, run by the Union of Young Communists (UJC). Upon his return, he started working as a bus driver in Caracas city's metro system, and then founded and led the SITRAMECA, or Sindicato de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras del Metro de Caracas, in 1991.