Hugo Chavez

Marco Rubio compares Kamala Harris to Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro

Brady Knox · August 15, 2024 5:53 pm

How Venezuela was destroyed from within

Michael M. Rosen · July 15, 2022 3:00 am

China unveils plan to ‘take over’ Latin America

China unveils plan to ‘take over’ Latin America

Joel Gehrke · January 2, 2022 12:00 am

Pedro Castillo celebrates after being declared president-elect of Peru by election authorities, at his partyÂ´'s campaign headquarters in Lima Peru, Monday, July 19, 2021.

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Peru is the latest country to experiment with socialism

Rainer Zitelmann · July 20, 2021 4:48 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, second from left, walks with his Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez as they review to the troops during a military parade at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 24, 2018.

Trump administration should stand up to Venezuela’s socialist theft

Mario Lopez · August 5, 2020 4:00 am

Nicolas Maduro announced that he is increasing Venezuela's minimum wage by 40%. But seeing as Venezuela's inflation rate already increased by at least 1,000% last year, Maduro's gambit is only likely to increase the already-catastrophic suffering of his people.

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Nicolas Maduro indictment rightly closes door on any Venezuela compromise

Tom Rogan · March 26, 2020 4:27 pm

Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo at a Pentagon press briefing Feb. 7, 2020 with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

Terror in South America: Iran and Hezbollah threaten the region, insiders say

Abraham Mahshie · February 21, 2020 5:01 am

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The dangerous delusions of Bernie’s brigades

Quin Hillyer · February 14, 2020 9:43 pm

Elliot Abrams, the U.S. special adviser for Venezuela, speaks to reporters at the US embassy in Lisbon, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

US invites Maduro’s followers to run for office

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2019 8:28 pm

David Sirota, Hugo Chavez, Bernie Sanders.

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Bernie the Red is out for blood

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 20, 2019 6:43 pm

David Sirota, Hugo Chavez, Bernie Sanders.

Bernie’s new speechwriter applauded ‘Chavez’s economic miracle’

Joseph Simonson · March 19, 2019 3:09 pm

White House holds out prospect of military intervention if Maduro moves against opposition

Steven Nelson · January 28, 2019 9:13 pm