---
title: "Venezuela Contingency Operation: Resistance Potential and Irregular Warfare Risk"
id: "6494"
type: "post"
slug: "venezuela-contingency-operation-resistance-potential-and-irregular-warfare-risk"
published_at: "2025-12-03T03:52:58+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-06-18T15:25:42+00:00"
url: "https://theresistancehub.com/venezuela-contingency-operation-resistance-potential-and-irregular-warfare-risk/"
markdown_url: "https://theresistancehub.com/venezuela-contingency-operation-resistance-potential-and-irregular-warfare-risk.md"
excerpt: "Update (January 2026): In a major escalation of U.S.–Venezuelan tensions, U.S. special operations forces conducted a surprise military operation in early January 2026 that resulted in the capture and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from Caracas;..."
taxonomy_category:
  - "Irregular Warfare"
taxonomy_post_tag:
  - "Asymmetric Warfare"
  - "Counterinsurgency"
  - "Guerrilla Warfare"
  - "Latin America"
  - "Law of Armed Conflict"
  - "Regional Instability"
  - "Resistance Tactics"
  - "Unconventional Warfare"
  - "Unmanned Aerial Systems"
  - "Urban Resistance"
---

# Venezuela Contingency Operation: Resistance Potential and Irregular Warfare Risk