President Donald Trump’s ambitious oil-backed takeover of Venezuela faces a major “wild card” in Diosdado Cabello, the powerful interior minister and de facto head of Venezuela’s security forces whose influence over militias and rejection of U.S. demands could upend Washington’s strategy after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, The Wall Street Journal reports. Cabello has publicly vowed the Bolivarian revolution will endure and even promised Maduro’s return, while U.S. officials have warned him to cooperate or risk becoming a target as Trump pushes for control over Venezuelan oil and political transition—highlighting how the regime’s armed loyalists remain a formidable obstacle to U.S. objectives in the country.
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