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In Venezuela, Trump Has Put Himself in a Box
I didn't invent the phrase "regime change," but I know it when I see it. And what is happening in Venezuela now is not regime change. Instead, it recalls aspects of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the failure of regime change efforts there.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy's administration decided to proceed with former President Dwight Eisenhower's planned strike in Cuba, albeit markedly scaled back. Eisenhower's approach did not guarantee success, but Kennedy's slimmed-down model, heroic though it was, was doomed from the start. Halfway measures didn't succeed then, and they won't succeed in Venezuela today.
As a result, the Castro regime effectively remains in power in Havana. Years from now, will the Hugo Chávez-Nicolás Maduro regime still retain power in Caracas?