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US pressure won’t spark a new Venezuelan exodus — Maduro staying in power will
Venezuelans have been fleeing their country due to the Maduro regime’s increasing authoritarian power, not in response to U.S. pressure, and the U.S. must recognize this in order to craft
Now the longest-serving president in power in Latin America, with 12 years and seven months in office, he has stayed in control as the country has lost millions of residents, seen a 72% economic contraction,
Venezuela’s debt crisis is one of the largest unresolved sovereign defaults in the world, the legacy of years of economic collapse and U.S. sanctions that severed the country from international capital markets.
Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.
Americans unfamiliar with Venezuela may not know that in the not-so-distant past the nation was rich with oil and opportunity. Congressional candidate Carmen Maria Montiel remembers a Venezuela that brimmed with optimism — before decades of political and ...
When President Donald Trump has been asked about the reason he’s pressuring President Nicolás Maduro to step down and threatening military action, he consistently blames the leader of Venezuela for two things: drugs and migrants.
Venezuelans have paid for freedom with their lives. The world now has the moral and strategic obligation to act.