How Nicolás Maduro’s Failed Regime Threatens Regional Stability and America’s Security

Once a unionized bus driver in Caracas, Nicolás Maduro's ascent to Venezuela’s presidency marked the beginning of a decade-long disaster not merely for his own people but for America’s strategic interests in the Western Hemisphere. Taking over after Hugo Chávez's death, Maduro inherited a nation already vulnerable but transformed it into a failed state where poverty, desperation, and authoritarianism thrive. Why Should Americans Care About Venezuela’s Collapse? The crisis within Venezuela is not contained behind its borders. Millions of Venezuelans have fled their homeland under Maduro's misrule—creating one of the largest migration waves in recent history. This exodus has strained...