By Richard Schulman With the wisdom of hindsight, we think the US made a big mistake in leaving Nicolás Maduro in power in Venezuela, faced only with economic sanctions that almost never bring about the downfall of a dictatorship, just more deprivation to powerless citizens. Chile, Colombia uprisings The leftist-instigated arson and urban uprisings in […]
The military-commercial nexus that keeps Maduro in power
President Trump has been handling the Venezuelan crisis skillfully and enjoying a substantial publicity boost as a consequence. Some may be wondering how Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator — with his oil revenues cut off, the economy a wreck, and much of the population starving — is still managing to hold onto power. An important […]
