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Two People Claim to be President of Venezuela: Will US Militarily Intervene?

Ten days before Donald Trump will be inaugurated in Washington DC on January 20, there will be another inauguration in Caracas. Two contenders...

19.12.2024 4

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There’s No Upside to Trump

“Trump could surprise on the upside,” writes Edward Luce, who claims to know “what Trump most cares about.” Lacking intimate knowledge of the inner...

05.12.2024 4

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US-backed Venezuelan Opposition Never Tried to Win the Presidency

“On the campaign trail, she [María Corina Machado] was received almost as a religious figure, often wearing white, promising to restore democracy...

26.11.2024 5

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Why Cuba Hasn’t Adjusted to US Sanctions After Six Decades

For the thirty-second time in so many years, the US blockade of Cuba was globally condemned at the UN General Assembly’s annual vote in October....

12.11.2024 3

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Cuba Under Intensified US Sanctions Confronts Its Greatest Challenge: the Continuity of Obama-Trump-Biden Policy

“The majority of Cubans support Castro…every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba…to decrease...

18.10.2024 4

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The Rightward Trajectory of the Two-Party System

Left-liberals plea every four years that this really is the most important election ever and time to hold our noses and send a Democrat to the...

03.10.2024 5

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How the US Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election

Don’t ask what business the US had in backing a candidate in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election. Certainly that was not a question that the...

26.08.2024 10

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