U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to liberate Venezuela from Nicolás Maduro’s regime have stalled, despite some unusually favorable circumstances, including a spectacularly incompetent government in Caracas, a restive population, a regional...
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Authored by Joaquin Flores via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
They say hindsight is 20/20, and nothing exemplifies that more than the kind of post-mortem that can be done on the failed attempt by the US to overthrow the government of...
By Nicholas Kristof President Trump applied maximum pressure on North Korea, and it is continuing to produce nuclear weapons. He applied maximum pressure on China, and we may be facing a trade war. He applied maximum pressure on Venezuela,...
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Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would remain...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Venezuela to release jailed dissidents Friday and said the crisis-wracked country faced a “serious” humanitarian situation. Her comments came at the end of a three-day...
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On Iran, Venezuela, North Korea and other matters, Trump's tough posture runs up against reality.
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South
America’s attempt at a leftist version of the European Union is on life
support.
The regional grouping, called the Union of South American Nations, was founded in 2008 and funded by Hugo Chavez’s then-oil rich Venezuela. The group aimed...
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Venezuela is not at war, yet it’s starting to look like Syria based on the exodus of people fleeing the country.
The country’s basket-case economy and escalating confrontations between the government and the opposition have made life untenable...
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Taylor Valley
Security, Americas
Moscow hopes Caracas will pay off its debts and be an enduring geostrategic location for Russian influence.
As Venezuela descends deeper into crisis and America and European Union continue to condemn the...
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The United States continues to support the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, despite the opposition finding less and less support among the Venezuelan people, an anonymous White House official said in a comment.
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The ouster of the Venezuelan president seemed a sure bet last winter. Less so, now.
By Wayne Allyn Root
I wrote in my last column about the dangers of socialism- best represented by the ongoing disaster in Venezuela. I pointed out that many American cities run 100% by Democrats are becoming similar to Venezuela, because of...
Despite being home to the world's largest oil reserves, Venezuela is suffering a major gasoline shortage. It's because of economic mismanagement and U.S. sanctions.
Salvador (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil were held to a 0-0 draw against Venezuela in the Copa America on Tuesday as a late strike from Philippe Coutinho was disallowed after a controversial VAR decision.
Coutinho thought he had fired Brazil into the...
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The long-running political crisis in Venezuela, which began to escalate when US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself 'interim president' in January, is close to entering its fifth month, with no apparent end in sight.
The Caracas chief prosecutor said the opposition leader is directly involved in his underlings’ mishandling of money designated for the housing of Venezuelan deserters in the Colombian border city of Cucuta.
I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve felt compelled to begin a column with the question, “how bad have things gotten in Venezuela?” But every time I think we’ve seen the conditions in that failed state hit rock...
Hosts Brazil are back in action at the 2019 Copa America on Tuesday when they face Venezuela in their second Group A match at the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador...
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Daniel Di Martino grew up in Venezuela, and left the country after socialism took its grip. Now, he’s on a mission to convince young people that socialism is destructive. Our colleague and senior news producer, Kelsey Bolar, recently sat down with...
David Axe
Security, Americas
Bad news.
At any given time on average, a few thousand U.S. troops and a handful of warships are on deployment in the SOUTHCOM area of operation. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, by contrast, at any given time oversees...