Kuala Lampur, Jan. 4 -- The US attack on Venezuela and capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, bears no meaningful analogy to the fate of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s parents in 1986.

Why Maduro's arrest by the United States is nothing akin to Marcos Jr.'s parents' fate in 1986 when the latter were chased out of the Philippines in less than 24 hours by the then President Ronald Reagan? Before one answers this, let's turn to the events in Caracas first.

The world awoke on January 3, 2026 to astonishing headlines: the United States had launched a major military operation against Venezuela - including air strikes on Caracas - and, according to President Donald Trump, captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, ...