On August 28, US President Donald Trump announced that US officials had secured “majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela,” in what he described...
Venezuela’s recovery from the June 24 earthquakes has grown increasingly costly as the death toll has risen, infrastructure damage has become clearer, and reconstruction has placed new pressure...
Twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on June 24 have killed at least 4,829 people, injured 16,740, and left approximately 18,000 homeless, according to the Venezuelan government’s...
“Support for Israel around the world is declining,” former Chicago mayor and potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel declared in Israel last week. “The only diplomatic achievement...
The earthquake in Venezuela made the failures of the Rodriguez administration painfully clear.
A human-rights horror is unfolding right under America’s nose, with kids under age 10 laboring in mines, girls as young as 12 working in brothels and whole communities fleeing cartel violence. Venezuela...
As foreign minister and vice president under former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez helped build many of Venezuela’s relationships with American...
For the last two months, President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran has seesawed between expressing optimism on negotiations and making explicit threats to remove the mullahs from power. This week,...
Opponents of U.S. sanctions often cite Cuba as “Exhibit A” for why sanctions don’t work. The United States has maintained an embargo on the island for more than six decades — but to what end? Cuba’s...
Trump has a chance to liberate the Cuban people – and others
Iran’s corrupt economy is still bleeding; Washington has a narrow, perishable window to bring the regime to its knees. President Donald Trump has shown admirable resolve. His instinct...
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared on April 24 that the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was “coming to an end,” despite the Caracas-based human rights NGO Foro...
Venezuela could be a test case for reforming international finance’s lending to authoritarian governments.
Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez replaced longtime Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López with General Gustavo Gonzalez López on March 18, followed by implementing a sweeping reshuffle of...
America and Israel are at war with Iran, a fact that should be neither shocking nor surprising. Both countries have been targeted by the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979. Both countries...
While deeply flawed, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez is still the United States’ best bet for Venezuela’s stabilization and transition to democracy.
On February 8, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa vanished from the streets of Caracas in what allies called a kidnapping, a development that could jeopardize US policy...
Removing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei without dismantling the regime risks betraying the Iranian people and leaving Israel facing the same threats under new leadership.
The emirate is not a neutral player, nor is it aligned with Washington.
But his henchmen remain in power in Caracas