Following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, Washington is weighing deeper cooperation arrangements with Venezuela — from oil investment to security schemes inspired by the Pacific.
The team of Sebastiana Barráez and the Vision360 team present this podcast unpacking the interview with our Global Strategies Director, María Alejandra Aristeguieta, published in Infobae on July 19. It examines what the Compact of Free Association (COFA) is, how it works in the Pacific, and what constitutional obstacles a similar arrangement would face in Venezuela.
Read the full interview on Infobae → https://www.infobae.com/venezuela/2026/07/19/una-experta-analiza-la-estrategia-de-eeuu-hacia-venezuela-tras-la-captura-de-maduro/
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