Why Maduro Matters: The Ideological Battle Beneath the Headlines
The effort by President Trump to confront and dismantle Nicolás Maduro’s regime should not be viewed as a routine foreign policy move. It is something larger. It is a signal that the United States is beginning to engage a deeper, long-running struggle — one not defined by borders alone, but by competing worldviews.
On one side: systems built on centralized power, coercion, and ideological control. On the other: a reassertion of Western and Judeo-Christian values. This is not just about Venezuela. It is about the direction of the world.
My latest piece for Newsmax: https://www.newsmax.com/robertchernin/havana-islamism-tehran/2026/01/12/id/1241828/




