-
March 13, 2019
Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis
Maduro is corrupt and increasingly repressive, but US sanctions and violence by the US-supported opposition have contributed to Venezuelans’ suffering.
Gabriel Hetland
-
February 28, 2019
Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Mark Weisbrot
-
February 27, 2019
Salvador Allende le ofrece una salida a Maduro
El fallecido presidente chileno comparte algunos consejos desde más allá de la tumba.
Ariel Dorfman
-
February 11, 2019
Salvador Allende Offers a Way Out for Venezuela’s Maduro
Chile’s dead president has some advice from beyond the grave.
Ariel Dorfman
-
February 8, 2019
How Washington Funded the Counterrevolution in Venezuela
Self-declared president Juan Guaidó comes from the right-wing, US-backed student movement that tried to subvert Hugo Chávez’s government.
Tim Gill and Rebecca Hanson
-
GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!
-
January 29, 2019
Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela
Columnist Stephens and others on the right are worried about the growing popularity of socialism. Their panicked response? “But Venezuela!”
Greg Grandin
-
January 25, 2019
How the Right Is Using Venezuela to Reorder Politics
The social-democratic wing of the Democratic Party must find a way to put forth a compelling counter-vision.
Greg Grandin
-
January 25, 2019
Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup
The power grab of the right’s Juan Guaidó is brazenly unconstitutional.
George Ciccariello-Maher
-
June 20, 2018
Once Again, the Right Wing Wins in Colombia, Amid Divisions on the Left
But Gustavo Petro’s presidential candidacy was the most successful leftist campaign in modern Colombian history, after decades of isolation and political assassinations.
Miguel Salazar
-
September 7, 2017
Trump’s Sanctions Make Economic Recovery in Venezuela Nearly Impossible
The new financial embargo will worsen shortages, inflict suffering, and restrict Venezuela’s policy options.
Mark Weisbrot