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April 17, 2019

Trump reverses slew of Obama-era Cuba policies in new crackdown

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded several Obama-era policies toward Cuba, while imposing tough sanctions against Venezuela and Nicaragua – as part of a new crackdown on what National Security Adviser John Bolton dubbed the “three stooges of socialism."

February 13, 2019

Trump's Venezuela envoy clashes with Ilhan Omar at hearing: 'That is a ridiculous question'

The Trump administration's new special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, clashed Wednesday with freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a House hearing on the Caracas crisis after the congresswoman tried to turn focus to Abrams' history in Latin America while asking him point-blank whether he'd support "genocide" if it served American interests. 

January 28, 2019

How deep are cracks in Venezuelan military support for Maduro?

As most of his cohorts in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington hastily burned documents and packed their bags to return to the capital Caracas, after President Nicolas Maduro severed all diplomatic ties with the United States last week, the country’s military attaché’ Col. Jose Luis Silva instead became the first high-ranking officer to defect since opposition leader and head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, formally challenged Maduro for the nation’s leadership last week.

January 24, 2019

From secret meetings to social media to military rumblings: How Venezuelan protests came to life

Thousands swarmed the Venezuelan streets this week, across the country calling for their regime leader Nicolas Maduro to step down. But the anti-government demonstrations were far from spontaneous.

January 23, 2019

Inside the Venezuelan protest movement: 'This is our chance!'

Draped in the flag of their country – once the richest and most prosperous in Venezuela – thousands of Venezuelans poured into the streets on Wednesday and Thursday, vigorously calling for reigning President Nicolas Maduro to be removed from office.

January 22, 2019

Pence officially backs Venezuelan opposition, condemns President Maduro

US Vice President Mike Pence has issued a message to Venezuelans, condemning their “dictator” leader Nicolas Maduro and declaring official U.S support for the opposition leader, Juan Guaido.

January 10, 2019

Venezuela, Iran and Hezbollah - all hostile to the US - forge closer ties

It’s a relationship that has a history of coziness, but as the regimes of Iran and Venezuela become increasingly isolated and sanctioned by the U.S and much of the international community – the two governments, with the help of Tehran’s proxy Hezbollah, are believed to be tightening the bond.

January 7, 2019

Venezuelan supreme court judge defects to US

A Venezuelan Supreme Court justice, who was considered to be a longtime Maduro government loyalist, defected to the United States with his family over the weekend, claiming to object to the President’s forthcoming second term.

January 3, 2019

Colombia’s peace agreement bloodied by distrust, drugs - and the Venezuelan regime

With a potent push of instability from neighboring Venezuela and its own internal struggles, Colombia’s Nobel-winning peace process with is on increasingly feeble ground.

January 2, 2019

Spiraling Venezuela crisis threatens to infect entire region, analysts say

The depth of the Venezuelan catastrophe threatens to unravel the stability and wreak financial havoc beyond just Latin America, with little end in sight.