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Venezuela
South American nation targeted by Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. military raid to capture President Maduro that became a flashpoint in the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute.
Venezuela, under President Nicolas Maduro, was the target of Operation Absolute Resolve on January 3, 2026. The U.S. military operation to capture Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores involved over 200 special operations forces and 150+ aircraft.
The raid’s significance to the AI dispute was indirect but pivotal: an Anthropic executive’s inquiry about whether Claude had been used during the operation — which involved kinetic fire and combat — triggered the Pentagon’s escalation against the company.