Lula’s work to create a de facto anti-U.S. illiberal alliance of Latin American leftist regimes and extra-hemispheric U.S. rivals further comes at a time in which those countries geographically closest to the United States—including Mexico, the Northern Triangle, and parts of the Caribbean—are moving away from political and security cooperation with the US, and toward a deepen embrace of the PRC.
A more comprehensive, simultaneous, and agile [sanctions] effort to target regime members and enablers remains a powerful option to accelerate a political solution.
With the right tactical and strategic modifications, sanctions, properly targeted, may be the best way to help return Venezuela, its resources, and its democracy to the Venezuelan people.
Last Saturday, the Venezuelan government and opposition agreed to establish a USD $3 billion fund to address poverty, food shortages, and sanitary problems in the South American nation. The fund—derived from frozen Venezuelan assets—will be under direct U.N. supervision.
On Sunday, Venezuela’s Deputy Foreign Minister Rander Peña Ramírez welcomed the new Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, in Caracas, signaling the resumption of bilateral diplomatic ties after a three-year break.
The IX Summit of the Americas shows the way forward for conducting a resilient diplomacy in a divided world.
Today, the Biden administration’s Latin America policy turns one year old, and a check-in on the state of affairs is warranted.
Russia’s posture in Latin America is far more threatening to the U.S. than that of China.
Last Monday, Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term as president of Nicaragua.
La asombrosa victoria de la oposición venezolana en el estado natal de Chávez no hubiera sido posible sin el apoyo de fuerzas centristas que hasta ahora han sido excluidas de la principal coalición opositora.
