Tag: Venezuela

In this 2014 photo, an Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle at the Tehran oil refinery, south of the capital Tehran, Iran. A report from the the Islamic Republic News Agency mentions that President Hassan Rouhani's administration "only managed to earn $19.44 billion from taxes and $13.06 billion by exporting oil and its byproducts, showing deficits of $7.34 billion and $5.3 billion, respectively." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Energy and Environment

Iran’s oil revenue plummets as US oil exports grow

John Siciliano · February 17, 2018 1:05 am

The ruling Thursday marks the second time a federal appeals court has ruled against Trump's third travel ban, which the Trump administration rolled out in September. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Second federal appeals court rules against Trump’s third travel ban

Melissa Quinn · February 15, 2018 4:33 pm

In this photo from Jan. 20, an opposition member waves a Venezuelan flag during a protest outside of the city's morgue in Caracas, Venezuela. In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro and his Marxist supporters have previously clung to power by refusing to schedule regional elections and by jailing and banning its political opponents. Now, the government has announced hastily-scheduled presidential elections, but the most popular opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles Radonski, has been banned from running. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Trump should do more to denounce Latin American socialism

David Unsworth · February 11, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., likened a potential partnership with Russia to cooperating with Syrian President Bashar Assad to reduce chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Marco Rubio encourages military coup in Venezuela

Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2018 2:35 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is working to put additional pressure on the regime by convincing neighboring countries to rely on the United States rather than Venezuela for oil and other energy resources. (Erhan Elaldi/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Nikki Haley: Maduro’s snap election will ‘destroy Venezuela’s democracy’

Joel Gehrke · February 8, 2018 9:08 pm

The Venezuela Airlift?

Barton Swaim · January 30, 2018 4:45 pm

Scots voted to remain British just over three years ago. That vote, all sides agreed in advance, would settle the issue for a generation. But when Britain voted to leave the European Union shortly afterwards, the leader of the Scottish government, Nicola Sturgeon, thought she saw an opportunity to reopen the issue, because Scotland, unlike England and Wales, had voted to stay in.

Daniel Hannan: Put out more flags

Dan Hannan · January 29, 2018 5:01 am

In September 2017, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Mike Faulk was arrested while covering protests in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

An onslaught against journalists in the US

Robert Mahoney · January 27, 2018 5:01 am

Night Falls on Venezuela

The Editors · January 26, 2018 9:28 am

BARNES: The Chilean Model Lives

Fred Barnes · January 26, 2018 9:13 am

"It is clear that the United States can — and should — do more to increase international pressure against Maduro and his cronies," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., wrote in a letter to President Trump. (AP)

National Security

Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez push Trump for tougher Venezuela sanctions

Joel Gehrke · January 25, 2018 10:45 pm

Bitcoin and other new types of cryptocurrency exist only in the virtual world and are traded outside the traditional banking system on digital ledgers called blockchain, making them hard to regulate and enticing to rogue regimes and terror groups alike.

National Security

Senators warn about ‘nefarious’ cryptocurrency use by Venezuela, Russia, North Korea

Travis J. Tritten · January 19, 2018 10:39 pm