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Why US strikes on Venezuela matter to Kenya
Activists hold posters during an anti-US protest outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 6, 2026, after the United States struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
At first glance, US military strikes on Venezuela appear distant, just another episode in a long history of Washington’s confrontations with leftist governments in Latin America.
However, for Kenya, the significance of such a move would lie not in Venezuela itself, but in what it reveals about the global order we now inhabit. In an era of economic fragility, geopolitical shocks increasingly travel through markets faster than diplomacy, and Kenya sits squarely in their path.
