Idk, it’s hard to say due to the secretive nature of the org but going off pure vibes, I get the feeling that these days the CIA is staffed with a lot of true believers and that they actually believe the BS.
As the video here highlights their understanding of Stalin was, contrary to that one frequently cited page, that he was pretty much an autocrat. And back then they were probably more objective than now, when the people working there grew up soaked in the propaganda from birth.
I’d be willing to bet their internal understanding of Maduro mostly aligns with the propaganda. I think that may be part of the reason that their various regime change attempts over the last 10 years (and more going back to Chavez) have failed so completely.
Loads of that on Facebook recently as well, scrolling through Facebook shorts you’ll get all sorts of videos about Jews controlling the world and the comments are filled with people saying “noticing” “small hats” etc, it’s really disturbing.