Is Biden using a Trump card to pressure Maduro regime change in Venezuela?
The administration says it seeks a ‘democratic transition” — while making no move to lift economic sanctions crippling the country.
The administration says it seeks a ‘democratic transition” — while making no move to lift economic sanctions crippling the country.
Despite his weekend claims, he was the most partisan, anti-diplomatic secretary of state in recent memory.
There’s a more constructive way forward that doesn’t involve the military or incendiary rhetoric.
Criticism of Donald Trump’s foreign policy often ignores the illiberal and undemocratic underbelly of Pax Americana.
It would be senseless for the U.S. to try to stop the petroleum transfer. It would be condemned by nearly every other country in the world as an abuse of U.S. power, with both Iran and Venezuela benefitting from political sympathy.
Suspending all sanctions now will not only help combat the coronavirus, but it will also create the conditions to resolve our differences diplomatically.
The White House has consistently deluded hardline elements of the Venezuelan opposition with the possibility of a quick and easy military solution.
The military-industrial-complex needs an enemy … and your tax dollars.
All Donald Trump has done is make the lives of civilians in Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela miserable.
One well-established principle of sanctions policy is that the country or group imposing the sanctions must be prepared to take yes for an answer.