The US Goes After Maduro Like A Cartel Boss

The U.S. Treats Maduro Like a Cartel Boss, Not a President The United States did not arrest Nicolás Maduro. It did something more radical. By indicting Venezuela’s sitting president as a narco-terrorist, Washington quietly redrew the line between sovereignty and criminality. No invasion, no regime change, no handcuffs, just law used as power. In this video essay, Dan Feferman explains why this move matters far beyond Caracas, how it signals a return of hard geographic influence in U.S. policy, and why regimes in Tehran and beyond are paying close attention. Once a government is treated not as a state but as a criminal enterprise, there is no easy path back to normal diplomacy.