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Social media posts make a broad and misleading claim that “Democrats stood with” the leaders of Venezuela, China and Iran rather than supporting oppressed people in those countries. The facts don’t support that...
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On Monday, the US secretary of state reiterated his oft-repeated call for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office, traveling to Colombia and meeting with self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido.
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Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó led a US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela in 2019 after declaring himself "interim president" of the country. Guaidó also backed US sanctions on his country which the Center for Economic and Policy...
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Oil Is The Only Way Back Up For Venezuela
Via OilPrice.com Editorial Dept.,
There’s only one path to rebuilding Venezuela, and it’s paved with oil. For the time being, that path leads nowhere.
The key to controlling everything...
The South American country has been cash-strapped since facing global sanctions.
The Trump administration is moving this week to fix its faltering Venezuela strategy. The effort has two prongs: strengthening interim president Juan Guaido and increasing pressure on illegitimate president Nicolas...
Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó mocked security and challenged the Maduro regime and escaped the Venezuelan borders into neighboring Colombia on Sunday. The interim president traveled to the city of Bogotá to hold an important meeting with President...
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China reports 140 new cases of Sars-like virus: CNBC
Supply disruptions in Iraq and Libya lift oil prices: Bloomberg
White House plans to keep pressure on Iran: WSJ
Hundreds of migrants are trying to cross Mexico’s southern border:...
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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Large-scale power outages have been registered in northern and western Venezuela, with the states of Tachira, Merida, and Carabobo among the most affected, monitoring agency Netblocks reported on Saturday.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela is prepared for direct negotiations with the U.S. to begin repairing relations and improve Venezuela's damaged economy.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Maduro reportedly suggested...
The Trump administration granted Chevron a special license to keep drilling ban.
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Venezuela Opposition and Legitimate Leader Juan Guaidó
There was a surge of aggression and violence in Venezuela, this week before a new attempt by Juan Guaido and the opposition majority to meet at the headquarters of the Parliament in...
Guatemalan president-elect, Alejandro Giammattei, earlier vowed that he would cut off his nation's political relationship with Caracas after his January 2020 inauguration, recognizing instead the authority of the self-proclaimed interim president of...
Bernie Sanders supporters are quick to make clear that their guy doesn’t want to turn America into Cuba or Venezuela or the old Soviet Union. By “democratic socialism,” the US senator from Vermont means Scandinavia, more or less. And what’s...
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David Axe
Security, Americas
Congress said so.
Key point: Washington has intervened military many times in its southern neighbors' affairs. To stop that from happening again, U.S. Southern Command doesn't control any aircraft carriers.
A failed...
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Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela‘s President, won’t wind up his efforts to get his struggling state-issued cryptocurrency ‘El Petro’ off the ground. Delivering his annual speech to the ruling Constituent Assembly, Maduro decreed that airlines...
In headline after headline, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “Take Over” (NBC, 1/6/20), “Claims Control of” (New York Times, 1/5/20; CNBC, 1/6/20) or “Seizes” (Reuters, 1/5/20; NPR, 1/6/20) parliament, and “Ousts” Guaidó...
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There are calls for the U.S. to do more in Venezuela, especially to stop Russia's support.
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(John Hinderaker) For many years, people have commented on the seemingly-incongruous alliance between radical Muslims and Communists. In fact, however, there is no mystery: both are hostile to the values of advanced Western civilization and yearn...