President Connolly has described the loss of life in Venezuela during the U.S. intervention as “appalling” and “overlooked.” However, her criticism ignores the far greater humanitarian catastrophe caused by the socialist dictatorship itself, a regime that displaced more than 8 million people and has been responsible for the loss of thousands of lives long before any foreign intervention. While the loss of life during any military intervention is tragic, it must be placed in context. Under Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship, hundreds of people have been killed through state repression, over 200,000 violent deaths have occurred during his time in power, and the collapse of the economy and healthcar