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    Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Resource Grab in Venezuela

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    In the early hours of January 3, US forces stormed a military compound in Caracas, capturing Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Hours later, from his Mar-a-Lago estate, US President Donald Trump dismissed Venezuela’s democratic opposition, asserting the US would “run the country until transition.” Thus began what US forces dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve.” The name implies… Continue reading Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Resource Grab in Venezuela
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      Beyond the Fog of War: Venezuela’s Democracy is at Stake

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      Venezuela’s trajectory shifted abruptly in the early hours of January 3, when the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro — who had long been the Chavista regime’s great survivor — was captured by US forces. Maduro, along with his wife Cilia Flores, was brought in front of a federal court in Manhattan, where he pleaded not guilty… Continue reading Beyond the Fog of War: Venezuela’s Democracy is at Stake
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