Venezuelans

Can The Earthquake Help Venezuela Shake The Dictatorship?

The earthquake in Venezuela made the failures of the Rodriguez administration painfully clear.

Farewell Fidelismo?  

Trump has a chance to liberate the Cuban people – and others

Interim Venezuelan president ousts defense chief as Washington makes limited progress in Caracas

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...

The US’ Delcy Rodriguez Dilemma

While deeply flawed, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez is still the United States’ best bet for Venezuela’s stabilization and transition to democracy.

Kidnapping of opposition leader threatens US momentum in Venezuela

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...

The enemies of America’s enemies

Iran, Venezuela, and Ukraine are very different countries, but most Iranians, Venezuelans and Ukrainians want the same thing: to not be ruled by tyrants.  They look to America for support – which...

Maduro’s last exit is to Brooklyn

But his henchmen remain in power in Caracas

US seizes more tankers, courts oil companies as post-Maduro Venezuela takes shape

In the week since Washington arrested former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the outlines of a post-Maduro Venezuela have begun to take shape. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, Defense...

Russia Recruits Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Iranian Drones

As the noose tightens around Nicolas Maduro, how to ensure a strong — and pro-American — Venezuela follows

With President Donald Trump announcing a “total and complete” oil blockade of Venezuela this week, the noose around dictator Nicolas Maduro’s neck is tightening. A massive US Navy strike...

How Turkey Props up Venezuela

The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided an unexpected sanctions evasion lifeline for Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela.

New York, New York, it’s a socialist town

Mamdani’s up and the centrists are down

Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain through the Equipment Authorization Program

Beyond the Bomb: Is Iran’s Diplomatic Pivot Changing Its Nuclear Calculus?

Iran is facing crunch time on its continued talks with the United States over a potential new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said on June 4...

From Rust to Riches: Venezuela’s Sanctions Evasion Strategy

Scrap metal exports have proven a valuable source of dollars for the heavily sanctioned Maduro regime.

The Three Amigos Summit

President Biden doesn’t intend to defend America’s border

Time to Sanction Iranian Pilots

Last month, the Biden administration added four Iranian cargo planes to its U.S. Department of Commerce blacklist of aircraft involved in export control violations. Among the aircraft is a Boeing 747...

Iran Is Testing Us. So Far, We Are Failing

In February, a jet carrying Iran’s minister of the interior, Ahmad Vahidi, landed at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base and he was not arrested. He should have been. Vahidi, and four other senior...

Mystery Cargo

Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials are traveling around the world on a cargo plane. Argentina detained them. But what are they up to?

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons