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You probably guessed it from the headline: It’s truly nuts.
The Emmy-winning acting legend and activist writes about why Trump’s tear-gassing of protesters has bone-chilling parallels to the chaos in Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro.
How does the oldest insurgency in the world keep going? And... why? Is it dogma? Drugs? And could it—or would it—correct the injustices it denounces?
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Venezuelan opponents of Maduro, and those in Washington who’ve tried to overthrow him, may be gleeful about the demise of his buddy Morales. But Maduro’s army is still with him.
Hugo Carvajal, one of the few who has rejected Nicolas Maduro's rule of Venezuela, was arrested on drug trafficking charges on Friday.
Many Venezuelans see the ‘colectivos’ as nothing more than regime thugs terrorizing the public. In an exclusive interview, one of their leaders presents a different picture.
Trump's policy is not just to recognize an “interim” president, but to threaten military action against Maduro and impose sanctions that will leave the U.S. owning the starvation.
Endorsing the young parliamentarian who just declared himself president is one thing. Getting rid of Nicolás Maduro is quite another.
The Castros claimed Cuba was never into drug smuggling, then they said it quit. But their own operations were nothing compared to the ones they helped facilitate in Venezuela.
Amid the country’s worst ever humanitarian crisis, demonstrators are being run over, masked paramilitaries are surrounding homes, and the president is angling for a new constitution.
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