Is Venezuela’s fate a warning to Canada?
Is Venezuela’s fate a warning to Canada?
By akrainer – Zero Hedge, Jan 08, 2026
[Originally posted at I-System TrendCompass] I know, that may sound bizarre, but that was the title of the Globe and Mail Sunday Editorial four days ago. It literally read, “Venezuela’s fate is a warning for Canada.” The article is behind a paywall, but even its title raises a serious question: how much paranoid imagination would it take to think that Trump’s kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro was a warning to Canada? As it turns out, not very much and some people in Canada are rightly feeling very nervous about this.
In the immediate aftermath of Nicolas Maduro’s abduction, State Secretary Rubio said that, “we’re at war with drugs trafficking organizations,” and oligarchs. Trump, in his signature style, said very little of any substance, but did mention that the U.S. is losing 300,000 people a year to drug overdose deaths (in his opinion; the official figure is closer to 100,000) and that “a lot of it is coming from Canada.”
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