Tag: Venezuela

Venezuela’s Bonfire of Dogma: How Chavistas are Adapting to U.S. Domination

(Crisis Group) The new year began with what appeared at first to be a fatal blow to chavismo, the movement that has ruled Venezuela...

Navy F/A-18Gs over Iran, Venezuela show rise in aerial electronic attack

(Andrew Dardine - Defense One) The Pentagon is using the Navy’s EA-18G Growlers more than ever, suggesting more development and a bigger role for...

Trump: Venezuela model would be suitable for Iran

Disappointed by the new Supreme Leader in Iran, the American president stated that he would like to see someone from within the country take...

US and Venezuela re-establish diplomatic relations

The United States and Venezuela's interim authorities have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations. The US State Department reported that this step will...

Venezuela: Call for unconditional releases and support from UN Mission

(Amnesty International) In response to the recent releases of people arbitrarily detained for political reasons and the discussion of a so-called ‘Amnesty Law’, Valentina...

Under pressure from Trump, Venezuela’s new president has aces up her sleeve

(Alicia Hernández - BBC) A luminous outline of Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores loomed over Caracas against the night sky in January....

La finestra del Venezuela è aperta, ma solo un pò

(nostra traduzione da GZero / Tony Frangie Mawad) Juan Pablo Guanipa, ex parlamentare venezuelano vicino alla leader dell'opposizione María Corina Machado, che era stato imprigionato...

The OLC Maduro Memorandum: Assisting in War Sustaining Activities is Not Direct Participation in Hostilities

(Charlie Trumbull and Michael Schmitt - Just Security) Buried in the recent Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memorandum justifying the Trump administration’s use of...

Oil, regime change, and what’s next in Trump’s MAGA playbook? Independent Thinking podcast

(Chatham House) Host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Laurel Rapp, director of Chatham House’s US and North America Programme, and Dr Christopher Sabatini, Senior...

Caduto Maduro, cosa ne sarà di Hezbollah in Venezuela ?

(nostra traduzione da The Soufan Center) Nel corso della sua evoluzione pluridecennale, l'organizzazione militante sciita Hezbollah libanese ha diversificato le proprie fonti di reddito e...

Three charts that show the long shadow of Maduro’s economic disaster in Venezuela (Ignacio Albe, Enrique Millán-Mejía – Atlantic Council)

Beginning under Hugo Chávez and then accelerating under Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela experienced one of the most dramatic economic collapses of modern history. The Maduro...

Dietro la cattura di Maduro c’è anche la difesa del dollaro

(Maria Eva Pedrerol) Nel braccio di ferro tra Usa e Venezuela c'è anche la difesa del dollaro, una guerra monetaria che da tempo faceva crescere...

Energy secretary discusses plans for Venezuela’s oil, minerals (Axios)

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip...

Caracas CODEL: Senators are eager to visit Venezuela (Hans Nichols, Stef W. Kight – Axios)

Senators left a meeting Thursday with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado with plans to visit her country — but differing views on when...

Russia’s Non-Response to US Actions in Venezuela Reveal a Kremlin Balancing Act (Institute for the Study of War)

Russia’s responses to the recent US military operation in Venezuela highlight the delicate balancing act it is engaged in vis-a-vis the Trump Administration —...

Venezuela shows Russia has lost the initiative in Trump’s global order (Natalie Sabanadze – Chatham House)

Russia will seek to exploit the US capture of Nicolás Maduro to its advantage. The operation, carried out in clear violation of international law...