US threatens greater control over Western Hemisphere

Washington portrays abduction of Venezuela’s president as revival of Monroe Doctrine

The US will exert greater power across the Western Hemisphere, the State Department declared following the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a raid on Caracas.

US forces invaded the oil-rich South American country on Saturday, capturing Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both were later indicted by the Department of Justice on drug-trafficking charges.