Bringing Venezuela in From the Cold

The United States senses an opportunity to pull the Maduro government out of Russia’s orbit.

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For years, U.S.-Venezuelan relations have alternated between saber-rattling and quiet contempt, but a war on the other side of the world could change that. Exploding global oil prices and Europe’s energy crunch, combined with increasingly pragmatic attitudes in Caracas and anxiety in Washington over gasoline prices, have aligned to bolster the United States’ fundamental interest […]

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