Venezuela: My personal opinion is that what the US did is a good thing. “International law” is not there to protect criminal gangs once they took over countries. Venezuela was already invaded by all types of criminal groups. The Venezuelan people have been hostages for 25 years. There is now hope for freedom for them. There is so much upside for that country and its people if its potential is unleashed. The “special military operation” was a clear success. It was fast with very little collateral damage. Maduro out. Now the big question is who will replace him? Trump says the US will run it until a proper democratic transition can happen. This sounds good. But then he does not support Machado (Nobel peace prize winner for her work promoting democracy in Venezuela, and who won the primary of the opposition in 2023 but then barred to run for president), and I doubt he has much appetite to keep many boots on the ground to make the transition successful. I hope he will go all the way, and not stop too early, so that there could be a real change for the better. It would be good for Venezuelan people, Venezuela, and it would weaken the Russian and Iranian regimes further, and China to some extent too, and many criminal groups. There is more upside than downside. How much upside will depend on how it is executed over time.