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State

Americas

/VEN

Venezuela

Maduro is gone, the apparatus survives, and a Caracas hotel suite now runs policy.

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Authority

Reach

Venezuela·12

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Overall

12▲2

Caracas is a hollowed-out state under a U.S.-installed transitional arrangement, with Maduro removed and Exxon negotiating oilfield access.

Authority

Internal command structure broken after the Maduro extraction and U.S.-aligned succession.

Reach

Regional projection collapsed with Cuba's fuel cutoff; only oil-sector outreach remains.

Dependency Quadrant·Venezuela

Mixed posture: 1 dependents, 3 exposures.

1Dependents3Exposures

Top 7 Snapshots4to27

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Venezuela Political CrisisSimmering

AmericasCivil War

Venezuela-Guyana Territorial DisputeFrozen

AmericasTerritorial Dispute

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Authority

Authority footing

Fragile Institutions

Reach

Population base

28M

Large Population

Vulnerability

Energy position

-74%

Net exporter

Mobilization mode

Electoral autocracy

Fiscal capacity

Low Capacity

-0

Government effectiveness

Weak Governance

Logistics capacity

Basic Logistics

Trade openness

Closed Trade

26%

Economic scale

Mid Economy

$120B

Capital openness

Mixed Capital

Defense burden

Light Burden

Defense spending / person

Low Priority

Remittance exposure

Low Exposure

Defense spending trend

Retrenching

-66%

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Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela

Félix Plasencia

Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States

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