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The earthquake sprung Trump's Venezuela trap
Latin America

The earthquake sprung Trump's Venezuela trap

The administration designed the January arrangement to get the things it wanted without the burden of actually running a broken country. Now, the burden has been established anyway.

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Middle East

Lifting sanctions on Syria after devastating earthquake

Washington is averse to anything that appears as normalization with the Assad regime, but is there room in this case for exceptions?

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Asia-Pacific

Earthquake poses test of US resistance to the Taliban

Will the administration take additional steps to help Afghanistan or sit on the sidelines because it won't recognize the government?