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US inherits Venezuelan surveillance state built on banned Chinese tech and AI — and it shows no signs of switching

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Enhancing state surveillance infrastructure to monitor and repress political opposition

An Australian Strategic Policy Institute report warns that following the US operation that ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the newly installed government under Delcy Rodríguez shows no signs of halting plans to integrate Chinese-built AI into its mass surveillance network. This development risks establishing advanced Chinese-enabled digital authoritarianism in the Western Hemisphere using technology from US-blacklisted firms like iFlytek, leaving Washington in an awkward position regarding whether to dismantle the inherited apparatus. The situation highlights the strategic complexities of foreign intervention when an adversary's surveillance infrastructure remains embedded in the

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