April 19, 2024

Magical Thinking

Venezuelan officials criticized the United States’ decision this week to reimpose oil sanctions, after Washington said that the government of President Nicolas Maduro has failed to allow “an inclusive and competitive election” to take place this year, the Financial Times reported. In October, the Biden administration...

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March 25, 2024

Refusing to Collapse

President Nicolás Maduro seems likely to breeze through Venezuela’s July 28 general election. He recently won the nomination of his political party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, with little or no opposition, reported the Associated Press. He also faces no serious rival. Last year, Venezuelan...

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January 26, 2024

Broken Promises

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado accused President Nicolás Maduro of employing intimidation tactics against her and her supporters, the latest fight between the government and the opposition ahead of elections later this year, the BBC reported. Machado alleged that two of her campaign coordinators were...

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November 27, 2023

Rapprochement

As post-pandemic inflation gripped the global economy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused energy costs to spike, the United States sought to expand the oil available on world markets by easing sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela. The sanctions date from 2005, when the US slapped them on...

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November 01, 2023

Lip Service

Venezuela’s top court this week suspended the results of the opposition’s recent primary election, a move that will likely hinder the participation of opposition candidates in next year’s presidential vote, the Associated Press reported. The ruling is centered on the opposition’s primary vote on Oct. 22...

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October 18, 2023

Folding the Hand

The United States and Venezuela reached a deal this week that will see Washington ease sanctions on the oil-rich South American country, in return for Caracas allowing a competitive and internationally monitored presidential election next year, the Guardian reported. The sanctions will be relaxed once Venezuelan...

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April 26, 2023

A Last Gambit

Colombian authorities expelled Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó this week after the former parliamentary leader sought to participate in a summit in Bogotá, Colombia, aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, Agence France-Presse reported. Guaidó said in a statement Monday that he had walked across...

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November 29, 2022

Small Strides

The Venezuelan government and opposition politicians agreed this week to create a United Nations-managed fund to finance programs for the country’s poor, as both sides are holding talks to resolve the ongoing crisis in the South American nation, the Associated Press reported. Signed in Mexico’s capital,...

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November 03, 2022

Getting Mushy

Leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro met with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas this week, the first bilateral talks between the two leaders as they seek to normalize relations after a three-year break between the two countries, the Associated Press...

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