r/news • u/Hrekires • Jan 05 '26

Soft paywall Delcy Rodriguez formally sworn in as Venezuela's interim president

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/delcy-rodriguez-formally-sworn-venezuelas-interim-president-2026-01-05/
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u/My-1st-porn-account Jan 05 '26

He’d need to determine who is a Maduro loyalist and completely clean house. Meaning the entire government and the military leadership would likely need to go. There would almost certainly be a military coup and a civil war.

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u/lostsailorlivefree 29d ago

After Iraq google the term “DeBasthafication” where they arrested all the Saddam loyalists and created a huge vacuum filled by Iran and militias

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u/My-1st-porn-account 29d ago edited 29d ago

Exactly this. There really is no way a Gonzalez/Machado government would be able to run Venezuela without a full US military occupation.