The US military operation that removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from Caracas to stand trial in New York City on January 3rd 2026 has generated heated analysis around the world. To what extent is the Trump administration's action a continuation of a long-standing pattern of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to what extent does it represent a new "Trump Corollary" of the Monroe Doctrine?