Is Venezuela a Colony Now? A Sovereign State? Modern Empires Rule in Ambiguity.

Since U.S. Special Forces captured President Nicolás Maduro in January, American officials have effectively run Venezuela. Secretary of State Marco Rubio now directs acting president Delcy Rodríguez and controls oil revenues. Economist Carlos Mendoza Potellá said, "We are not a nation anymore. We are a territory with some delegate administrators."