Venezuela’s political class treated the U.S. raid that removed Nicolás Maduro less as an invasion than as an opportunity. Delcy Rodríguez’s rise and abrupt tone shift make it hard to ignore the possibility of an internal calculation, or at least quiet acquiescence, even if no one has produced a smoking gun. The near absence of Venezuelan military resistance, the fact that the clearly identified dead are Cuban officers guarding Maduro, and the speed with which institutions rallied behind Rodrí...

Venezuela’s political class treated the U.S. raid that removed Nicolás Maduro less as an invasion than as an opportunity. Delcy Rodríguez’s rise and abrupt tone shift make it hard to ignore the possibility of an internal calculation, or at least quiet acquiescence, even if no one has produced a smoking gun. The near absence of Venezuelan military resistance, the fact that the clearly identified dead are Cuban officers guarding Maduro, and the speed with which institutions rallied behind Rodrí...