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There’s clear and convincing evidence that strongman Nicolás Maduro suffered a humiliating defeat in last month’s election. But no one should’ve been surprised that he claimed victory and refused to cede power. Then, on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration held secret talks to offer Maduro amnesty. The administration made a… Read more.
Venezuela votes to seize Guyana territory Land grabs are rivaling military coups as the trending event in geopolitics. Venezuela is mounting the latest land grab. It is doing so today through a referendum on annexing an oil-rich region of Guyana. The referendum will ask Venezuelans … if they agree with creating a new state called Guayana Esequiba in the Essequibo region, granting… Read more.
Three years ago, Washington was hailing Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó. He was the most celebrated exiled leader since France’s Charles de Gaulle. President Trump even invited Guaidó as his guest of honor at the 2020 State of the Union Address. US Abandons Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Guaidó I was neither impressed nor encouraged. The title… Read more.
Ukraine is begging NATO to enforce a no-fly zone to help it fend off Russian bombs. Short of that, it’s begging for fighter jets. But NATO leaders fear both would escalate the War in Ukraine into World War III . Therefore, NATO is refusing. For obvious reasons, refusing to enforce a no-fly zone makes sense.… Read more.
Episode 12: Obama and Trump Bungled Venezuela and Syria, Respectively. Lame Duck Trump. Listen.
President Trump’s re-election campaign featured too many farcical and cynical moments to count. But perhaps none epitomized them more than the flyby rallies he held in covid hot spots. Because there we saw crowds variously cheering and baying as he regaled them with brazen lies and hollow threats. What took the cake, though, was Trump… Read more.
President Trump bungled the fight against Covid-19 and cowered in the face of the George Floyd anti-racism protests. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that polls show former Vice President Joe Biden defeating Trump handily in November. A new CNN/SSRS poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden opening up his biggest lead yet, 14 points over his… Read more.
Malignant incompetence and serial bungling define not only Trump’s war against Covid-19 but every aspect of his presidency. This is why it’s all too easy to believe reports that he dispatched Rambo wannabes on a knucklehead mission to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In “Trump Indicts Maduro. Putin Says, ‘Go Ahead, Puppet, Make My Day!’”… Read more.
When President Trump began threatening to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, here is how I ridiculed him in “Cry for Venezuela,” March 4, 2019: Trump is offering [opposition leader Juan Guaido] little more than trademark bluster with his saber-rattling rhetoric. He clearly does not have the cojones to launch military intervention to remove Maduro; you… Read more.
Washington was abuzz last year with predictions of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s imminent ouster. But here in part is how I pooh-poohed those predictions in “Maduro Defying (and May Outlast) Trump, Just Like Assad Did Obama (and Castro Did Kennedy),” May 6, 2019: ____________________ Trump would have you believe that [opposition leader] Juan Guaidó is… Read more.
