Tag: Venezuela
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Fukuyama: Trump’s ‘Nation-Building Light’ Is a Trap in Venezuela
Francis Fukuyama, the Stanford political scientist who spent two decades analyzing the failures of American interventionism in the Middle East, sees history repeating itself in South America. In a recent analysis for his “Frankly Fukuyama” series, he argued that the Trump administration has stumbled into a trap of its own making in Venezuela. Despite campaigning…
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Venezuela’s Economic Revival Hinges on a Geological Nightmare
Any realistic plan to reconstruct Venezuela begins and ends with oil. But reviving the country’s shattered economy requires salvaging the energy sector in the Orinoco Belt, a task that presents a geological and financial nightmare for potential investors. The Orinoco region accounts for roughly 80 percent of Venezuela’s production potential, yet the substance buried there…
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The Caracas Pivot: Trump Bypasses Opposition to Back Regime Insider
Nicolás Maduro sat in a Manhattan courtroom this week entering a not-guilty plea, but the political machinery he built in Caracas continues to hum without him. In a move that has stunned the Venezuelan opposition and cemented a new era of transactional diplomacy, President Trump has bypassed the country’s popular democratic movement to back Vice…
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C.I.A. Drone Strikes Venezuelan Port as U.S. Pressure Campaign Escalates
The United States has launched its first known operation inside Venezuelan territory as part of an intensified pressure campaign against the government of Nicolás Maduro, according to a report from The New York Times. The Times revealed on Tuesday, December 30, that the Central Intelligence Agency utilized a drone to strike a port facility in…
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Cyber Front Emerges in Escalating US-Venezuela Crisis
As diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela continue to deteriorate, the digital domain is becoming an increasingly critical theater for potential conflict. In a recent analysis by RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange), Cyber Analyst Ali Plucinski warned that the current geopolitical standoff could precipitate significant cyber operations from state and non-state actors…