The Trump administration’s hopes for Venezuela’s future are crystallizing, nearly eleven months after Washington intervened to topple the South American country’s socialist government.

In January, President Donald Trump authorized the arrest of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro by U.S. military forces, setting up Secretary of State Marco Rubio to begin drawing up plans for the country’s transition to a democracy.

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