Maduro Falls. Dictator stole the last 2 elections in Venezuela, was an illegitimate leader. Not just the chief enabler but mastermind of a flood after flood of poison (illegal drugs) and violent criminals to the U.S. (and Europe, etc.) causing violence and deaths of 100s of 1000s. I have been posting about him & his relatives for many years since 2017, a risk I took, now I can say, to help save many lives (but not in ways casual visitors to this website would think)

CCP-China, the PLA, Russia, Iran and sober-minded North Korean military strategists must have been in fear-inspiring awe as to the effectiveness of the swift and precise special operations conducted by the United States military to capture Nicolas Maduro and his wife in the heart of Caracas, an inland city 3,000 feet above sea level. Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford or CVN-78 (named after the 38th U.S. President who like 41st U.S President H.W. Bush, fought during WWII in the Philippines) was deployed in the Caribbean in late October 2025, and together with its fleet its vast array of capabilities not only ensured early psychological capitulation from among Maduro’s war planners it actually paved for special operations that ensured the minimum collateral damage in Venezuela’s civil and military infrastructures, and civilian lives, and prevented Maduro from credibly initiating desperate defensive moves including mobilizing civilians and allied militia to exact political great political risks to President Trump’s admin if chaos erupted that resulted in bloodshed.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387188195112

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387188195112

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/cia-venezuela-maduro.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdred61epg4o

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/mock-house-cia-source-special-forces-us-operation-capture-maduro-2026-01-03

Imagine the special forces, special operatives who labored hard, day and night, in a hot-and-humid tropical part of the world, during the Holiday Season (Christmas and New Year), making all the right planning and preparations. But to these real patriots, country, security of their homeland and safety of their families and communities would always come first. We salute you, Sirs and Madams!

Less and less of environments empowering organized crimes and enabling acts of terror, the great humanitarian causes we share with our American brothers and sisters, fellow freedom-fighters, means greater and greater prospects for just and peaceful societies, fewer and fewer prospects for violence on streets and communities and future conflicts. Everyone benefits in a safer and freer world, because it makes for an environment more conducive to the pursuit of individual and collective aspirations of the people, free from organized threats and violence.

Now we can perhaps expect the curtailment of Iran’s IRGC-related operations in its embassy in Venezuela, its biggest in the world. Depending on how it all turns out inside Venezuela and who succeeds Maduro in power, sanctions could be lifted and thus prospects for Venezuelan oil once again freely flowing to the world would help ease inflation in the medium-term, inflation being one of the key drivers for voter decisions in the November 2026 elections in the U.S., thus ensuring smoother implementations of President Trump’s “America First” policy and his “Peace Through Strength” fast-tracked drive to build up an even mightier and far superior U.S. military ensuring strategic deterrence work as expected thereby reducing prospects for major conflicts in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East in the near future. (I had in mind 3 other articles to post today, but this news came up some hours ago and so I rushed this piece.)

from Fox News. Screen grab. 10pm, 3Jan26, Manila-Taipei time.

Other articles and videos, randomly selected (Internet is slow here)

https://www.foxnews.com/world/rubio-vows-eliminate-hezbollah-iran-operations-from-venezuela-after-maduro-capture

https://www.change.org/p/urge-u-s-media-counter-those-who-foment-hatred-of-americans-by-use-of-comparative-data?recruiter=906810244&recruited_by_id=0b3163a0-d492-11e8-ad1b-575bfe11ae1c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard