Tag: Nicolas Maduro

Maduro’s War on Democracy

John Londregan · July 31, 2017 9:58 pm

Such is socialism. And such is America's responsibility to oppose this malevolence. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Beltway Confidential

Trump just sanctioned President Maduro. What does this mean for Venezuela?

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2017 8:30 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ballot after casting a vote for a constitutional assembly in Venezuela on Sunday. The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Maduro on Monday following what it called a "sham" election of a new, powerful legislative assembly. (Miraflores Press Office via AP)

Trump administration sanctions Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Melissa Quinn · July 31, 2017 8:15 pm

Venezuelan Bolivarian National police move away from the flames after an explosion during clashes against anti-government demonstrators in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Beltway Confidential

What happens if the US must evacuate its diplomats from Venezuela?

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2017 7:17 pm

7.2 million people flocked to the polls to reject the government's attempt to turn Venezuela into a second Cuba. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The beginning of the end for Maduro’s Venezuela?

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · July 29, 2017 4:01 am

The opposition in Venezuela had found no other way than to create a parallel legal structure to confront the most powerful government in one of the soon-to-be one of the poorest countries on the continent. Venezuela faces not only starvation but one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with a growing refugee population seeking protection mainly in the United States, Colombia, and Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela nears the road’s end between populism and dictatorship

Jose Mauricio Gaona · July 29, 2017 4:01 am

Bottom Story of the Day

The Scrapbook · July 28, 2017 7:00 am

President Trump promised "strong and swift economic actions" if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with his plans to enact a "constituent assembly." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump stands up for the Venezuelan people against Nicolas Maduro

Tom Rogan · July 19, 2017 4:08 pm

Cabrera didn't back down even though they are potentially risky remarks, given that his family still lives in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

National Security

MLB star Miguel Cabrera asks Venezuelan ‘dictators’ not to harm family

Joel Gehrke · July 11, 2017 8:42 pm

Anti-government demonstrators sit under a bridge that has graffiti written in Spanish that reads "Hunger," during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 1. Demonstrators are taking to the streets after three months of continued protests that has left dozens dead and seen the country's chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega barred from leaving the country and her bank accounts frozen, by the Supreme Court following her mounting criticisms of President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

In Venezuela, the destructive force of socialism is at work

Dan Hannan · July 10, 2017 4:00 am

Fireworks launched by anti-government protesters explode near government forces in Venezuela. Protesters have flooded the streets of Venezuela for months, demanding new elections and faulting President Nicolas Maduro's leadership. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Beltway Confidential

A coup in Venezuela grows increasingly likely

Tom Rogan · June 28, 2017 4:16 pm

Today, in the nation with the world's largest oil reserves, millions of children are starving. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn, and the starving children of Venezuela

Tom Rogan · June 15, 2017 3:54 pm