![Venezuela Dam](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/venezuela-dam-ap-img.jpg)
Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis 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.
Mar 13, 2019 / Gabriel Hetland
![Venezuelan Crisis](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/venezuela-food-ap-img.jpg)
Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
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Salvador Allende le ofrece una salida a Maduro Salvador Allende le ofrece una salida a Maduro
El fallecido presidente chileno comparte algunos consejos desde más allá de la tumba.
Feb 27, 2019 / En español / Ariel Dorfman
![Allende and Maduro](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/allende-maduro-ap-rtr-img.jpg)
Salvador Allende Offers a Way Out for Venezuela’s Maduro Salvador Allende Offers a Way Out for Venezuela’s Maduro
Chile’s dead president has some advice from beyond the grave.
Feb 11, 2019 / Editorial / Ariel Dorfman
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How Washington Funded the Counterrevolution in Venezuela 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.
Feb 8, 2019 / Tim Gill and Rebecca Hanson
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Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela 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!”
Jan 29, 2019 / Greg Grandin
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How the Right Is Using Venezuela to Reorder Politics 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.
Jan 25, 2019 / Greg Grandin
![Juan Guaidó](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/juan-Guaidó-ap-img.jpg)
Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup
The power grab of the right’s Juan Guaidó is brazenly unconstitutional.
Jan 25, 2019 / George Ciccariello-Maher
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Once Again, the Right Wing Wins in Colombia, Amid Divisions on the Left 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.
Jun 20, 2018 / Miguel Salazar
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Trump’s Sanctions Make Economic Recovery in Venezuela Nearly Impossible 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.
Sep 7, 2017 / Mark Weisbrot