"The freedom of Puerto Rico is pending, and we will achieve it with Brazilian troops," the Venezuelan president said.
The United States will also extend temporary protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.
Maduro’s inauguration seals an election outcome that opposition politicians and the US government say was stolen.
In 2022, the White House granted Venezuela a financial lifeline “to support the restoration of democracy” after President Nicolás Maduro promised to work toward an open presidential election, granting U.
However, their simplistic argument does not withstand scrutiny. Evidence shows that U.S. sanctions significantly contributed to Venezuela’s economic implosion, while the easing of sanctions in recent years has been associated with a moderate economic recovery that has helped alleviate the worst of the country’s economic crisis.
Newly appointed United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described Edmundo González Urrutia as the “rightful president” of Venezuela.
The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico,
The country’s autocrat was sworn in again with little resistance, and many believe it could take a little longer for them to return home.
The European Parliament on Thursday condemned Nicolás Maduro’s “usurpation of the presidency” of Venezuela with his inauguration on January 10th without having proven that […]
The director of WOLA’s Venezuela Program, Laura Dib, joins the podcast to discuss the political, human rights, and diplomatic reality following Nicolás Maduro’s January 10 inauguration. Maduro’s new term begins amid severe tensions,
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Despite overwhelming evidence of election fraud, Nicolás Maduro crowned himself president of Venezuela last week. Supporting Maduro’s opposition should be