Fresh threats and shaky pretexts may tempt Washington toward force, but any assault on the island risks turning into a costly fiasco
With much of the world’s attention on the still unresolved conflict between the US and Iran, the average consumer of news may be forgiven if they had forgotten that the US had, on January 3 of this year, launched a mini-invasion of Venezuela which resulted in the deaths of scores of persons, including a number of Cuban security personnel, and the capture of Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife.
The US justified this action by noting that Maduro was, in its books, a fugitive from justice, having…
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