And part of the reason it's a big deal is remember the predicate for going in and seizing Maduro. That's exactly what I was going to ask you. Is this Maduro 2.0? Cuba spent 40 years as essentially a vassal state of the Soviet Union. And the Soviet Union supported Cuba with money and with oil. And then when the Soviet Union collapsed, when America won the Cold War, Cuba entered into a Faustian bargain with Venezuela. (20:07–20:13)
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