Foreign Office by Michael Weiss

Foreign Office by Michael Weiss

The Dog That Didn't Bark in the Maduro Op

Cuban intelligence runs Venezuela's security apparatus. Where was it when the U.S. snatched the Venezuelan strongman?

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Foreign Office by M.Weiss
Jan 04, 2026
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A stunning two and half-hour attack on Venezuela in the early hours of January 3 crippled the nation’s air defenses, damaged several military installations, blacked out Caracas with cyberwarfare, and culminated in a CIA and JSOC raid to capture and exfiltrate Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from their fortified compound – a replica of which the…

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