Latin American leaders were divided between condemnation and jubilation in the wake of a surprise attack on Venezuela early on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump said resulted in the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
While much of the region has long been wary of a return to U.S. interventions throughout the 20th century that helped install authoritarian governments from Chile to Honduras, Maduro – who presided over his country\u2019s social and economic collapse – was an increasingly unpopular and isolated leader.
Many Latin American countries have also experienced a shift in recent \u200celections to more right-leaning governments, many of whose leaders view the U.S.-backed military regimes of the last century as necessary bulwarks against socialism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Latin American leaders were divided between condemnation and jubilation in the wake of a surprise attack on Venezuela early on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump said resulted in the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.While much of the region has long been wary of a return to U.S. interventions throughout the 20th century that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n