In the convoluted world of international politics, you sometimes have to take a long, hard, deeply contemplative look to make sense of what, all too often appears at first glance, to be incomprehensible developments.
It is no secret that the United States administration with President Donald Trump at the helm has made it a point of duty to say to the world that one of its foremost foreign policy missions is to remove the Nicholas Maduro administration from office on the grounds that it has, over time, created conditions in Venezuela that have resulted in an unacceptable level of economic and social upheaval. The US has gone as far as imposing sanctions on individuals and groups involved in a food subsidy scheme for the country on the grounds that the scheme is in fact, a ‘front’ for enriching members of the Maduro family.