Nicolas Maduro

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Coronavirus might break Venezuela’s internet

Jason Pye · April 2, 2020 5:28 pm

US proposes election bout between Juan Guaido and Maduro regime loyalists

Joel Gehrke · March 31, 2020 11:01 pm

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Coronavirus shows failures of socialism in Venezuela

Dominick Mastrangelo · March 29, 2020 3:40 pm

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Maduro calls Trump a 'racist cowboy' in rebuke of US indictment for narcoterrorism

Mike Brest · March 27, 2020 5:53 pm

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Trump administration seeks long-overdue justice for my homeland Venezuela

Daniel Di Martino · March 27, 2020 4:13 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after the National Electoral Council said he was re-elected for a second six-year term at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 20, 2018.

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Venezuela’s Maduro is proof of how socialism enables authoritarianism

Kaylee McGhee White · March 26, 2020 8:03 pm

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

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.

Trump administration puts $15M bounty on head of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro

Joel Gehrke · March 26, 2020 2:46 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to journalist during a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Venezuela is demanding that Washington stop piling on punishing financial sanctions aimed at forcing a regime change in Venezuela. The international court must next decide whether it will open an investigation.

Nicolas Maduro: Women ‘should have six children’ amid economic crisis

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2020 8:58 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

‘More steps and further pressure’ as US looks to ‘hurt’ Maduro regime

Katherine Doyle · February 18, 2020 8:50 pm

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, back to camera, listens to Rosneft Russian oil giant chief Igor Sechin during a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.

Trump slaps sanctions on Russian energy company for helping Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro

Tim Pearce · February 18, 2020 8:02 pm