Diosdado Cabello: Venezuela's Shadow Power Under U.S. Pressure
An in-depth profile of Diosdado Cabello, the regime’s security chief nicknamed the Octopus, who controls police, prisons and party networks and wields outsized influence behind Nicolás Maduro. With U.S. sanctions and a $25 million bounty on his head, Cabello faces a delicate balancing act: projecting enough force to deter opponents without provoking a new U.S. strike as rival leaders around Delcy Rodríguez consolidate power and the Cartel of the Suns network intensifies scrutiny.