Rubio’s remarks, delivered with Trump-like bravado, represented the culmination of a decadelong evolution from an establishment conservative to a MAGA disciple that landed him at the center of Trump’s biggest foreign-policy gamble yet.

Panama is the only Latin American country the US has formally invaded, which occurred in 1989 under President George HW Bush. “Operation Just Cause” ostensibly was aimed at removing President Manuel Noriega, who was later convicted of drug trafficking and other offences.

The tactical success of his operation in Caracas appears to have whetted Donald Trump’s appetite for intervention

Since the Cold War, the United States has conducted over half a dozen military interventions in Latin America.

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Trump has repeatedly claimed that oil companies are eager to invest in Venezuelan oil infrastructure if the U.S. lifts sanctions, telling reporters on Air Force One that oil compa