Maduro's removal could reverse decades of economic struggles for Venezuelans

The audacious U.S. special forces raid to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and bring him to the U.S. to face charges related to drugs and weapons trafficking could potentially lead to economic relief for average Venezuelans struggling under the regime's socialist economic policies.

Venezuela's economy is heavily reliant on oil exports and experienced a sharp downturn in the last decade as mismanagement of the state-owned oil company caused production to fall and the rest of the Venezuelan...