On Thursday, November 13, at 8:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. VET, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, joined by the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, hosted a discussion examining the evolving US military engagements in the Caribbean and possible scenarios for governance and territorial control in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship.

As tensions rise in and around Venezuela, the United States has ramped up its military presence in the Caribbean, signaling a new phase in Washington’s approach to the country’s long-running crisis under Maduro’s authoritarian regime. The large-scale deployment of US naval and air assets currently underway underscores growing questions around regional instability, international drug trafficking groups, and what Venezuela will look like after Maduro.

The event explored the United States’ evolving strategic posture in Latin America and the Caribbean and its implications for Venezuela’s democratic transition, highlighting the importance of coordinated regional engagement in the Western Hemisphere.

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