Now what...

Are Cuba and China going to do???

Cuba has had people in Venezuela for years, deeply embedded in the government and security apparatus, and the tradeoff was oil and food...

32 Cubans (apparently Maduro’s guard force), were killed during the snatch. Funny how the MSM seems to be glossing over that fact, HERE. Some estimates say there were/are as many as 10,000 Cubans embedded today... It’s interesting that there were ONLY Cubans on his guard force. Doesn’t say a lot for his trust of his own people, does it?

China has pumped a lot of money into oil production in Venezuela, much like its takeover plan it has been executing in Africa to take over countries. Now what will they do? I don’t see the USA giving them the money back, but I can see US oil companies, Chevron, et al, going in and getting production back up. This will definitely improve Venezuela’s standards, and should provide money into their economy.

You can bet the US is going to cut those ties quickly, and it appears Maduro is in deep kimchi as the case against him and his wife is ‘stronger’ than the case against Noriega, who is currently residing ADMAX.

Word is the Swiss and others have ‘frozen’ all of the Venezuelan accounts in their banks, awaiting the stabilization of the situation on the ground. Sooooo, even if Maduro got away, he can’t access his stolen funds.

The other interesting part is the impact on the drug trade, as those shipping points and drug ‘bases’ in Venezuela are suddenly ‘unavailable’.

Of course the other thing this has done is to make other South American leaders that were on the fence ‘leery’ to put it mildly, wondering if they are next...

I will defer to Miggy, since he knows the players better than I do.