After Venezuela opened talks with the opposition last year and agreed to hold free and fair elections in 2024, the US eased sanctions to allow Chevron to resume limited oil extraction part of an effort to keep down global prices as the West pressed sanctions on Russia.
Sunday’s Venezuelan plebiscite to annex disputed territory from neighboring Guyana, with the government of dictator Nicolas Maduro claiming the highest turnout in the history and a 95% approval, is a
From the editorial, "Venezuela’s population is 29 million (and more than 7 million of them are refugees). Tiny Guyana has 800,000 people. In the 1890s, Britain was the bully, but who’s the bully now?
Sunday’s Venezuelan plebiscite to annex disputed territory from neighboring Guyana, with the government of dictator Nicolas Maduro claiming the highest turnout in the history and a 95% approval, is a dangerous development that could camouflage a possible Venezuelan invasion as an act of popular will. Pre-internet, we would have had to make a trip to the library or crack open the V volume of .