[N]aval deployment could be a coercive tactic to force political concessions such as Maduro’s exit, rather than a prelude to war.
[T]here has been a recent deployment of the U.S. military in the Caribbean: 4,000 U.S. Marines, ships, submarines, missile launchers and planes.
U.S. President Donald Trump has dispatched three guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela, reviving memories of past interventions.
Is Maduro walking the same path as former dictator Noriega?
Maduro is more authoritarian and apparently more entrenched in his position than ever.
Washington cannot let Maduro's actions go unanswered.
Maduro’s open defiance of Biden casts doubt on the ability of the U.S. president to lead the world’s major power.
There is no room for deviation in one's direction, not even in diplomacy.
Colombians were treated like convenient idiots, and we lost bipartisan support that took us decades to build.
The road ahead is full of obstacles.
[T]he Venezuelan leader could not imagine that manna in the shape of $3 billion would rain down on him without lifting a finger toward democracy