“This is a criminal organization masquerading as a government,” says Ambassador James Story, the last American diplomat at the now-closed U.S. Embassy in Venezuela. Story says the show of U.S. force is likely intended to oust Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's dictator. “This is a very bad actor sitting on top of the world's largest known reserves of oil, plus the critical minerals that will fuel the 21st-century economy, and he's in bed with our strategic competitors,” he adds. #venezuela #maduro #internationalaffairs #diplomacy #foreignpolicy