Coronavirus could be Trump’s downfall – but another bullying leader reminiscent of Trump won election after election Donald Trump’s handling of coronavirus appears to be not so much a car wreck as a multiple pile-up, one vehicle slamming into another […]
(This is a revised version of a piece first published at Caracas Chronicles. I think that piece lacked nuance, so I’ve worked it over here) Imagine my surprise to hear that my Venezuelan friend’s parents “like” Trump. I suppose that […]
On August 5, the Trump administration announced new sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro government in Venezuela. This recent extension of Executive Order 13692 is intended to further limit the Maduro government’s access to global commerce. The sanctions are designed to […]
Since I wrote my piece on the situation of Maduro’s “hostages” for Caracas Chronicles (The Human Bargaining Chips of the Maduro Regime) National Assembly Deputy Gilber Caro has been released, likely in anticipation of the visit by Michelle Bachelet. But […]
On March 5, 2019, a public letter signed by “124 academics from around the world” appeared under the title “An Open Letter to the Washington Office in Latin America (WOLA) on its position on the United States’ effort to overthrow […]
