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International reactions remain cautious. While Cuba remains Maduro’s closest ally, its government has not echoed Caracas’ call for mass mobilization. Regional peers, like Brazil and Colombia, have limited their responses to calls for restraint. Meanwhile, the US has adopted a combination of military deterrence and psychological pressure—circulating intelligence imagery of Maduro’s command bunker and intensifying financial tracking of security officials—aimed at constraining his decision-making capacity without resorting to open conflict.