In the stunned hours after the blasts, two competing realities emerged.<\/p>\n
In Florida and among Latin American exile communities,<\/p>\n
jubilation and catharsis poured out online: this was, they said,<\/p>\n
their Berlin Wall moment, the end of a tyrant who had starved and exiled millions.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s allies framed the strike as a clean, surgical act of justice,<\/p>\n
backed by Article II powers and long-standing drug-trafficking indictments.<\/p>\n
Inside Venezuela, the mood was radically different.<\/p>\n
A capital already battered by blackout and hunger now trembled under the<\/p>\n
roar of jets and the echo of explosions. The government raged about imperialism and<\/p>\n
called people to the streets, even as no one could say who was actually in charge.<\/p>\n
Foreign capitals split along familiar lines, some hailing a \u201cnew dawn,\u201d others warning of naked aggression.<\/p>\n
Between celebration and condemnation lies a dangerous vacuum,<\/p>\n
where a country\u2019s fate hangs on unanswered questions about law, legitimacy, and the human cost of regime change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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