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    The Hard Facts Behind Venezuela’s Oil Crisis
    The citizens of Venezuela have gotten used to spending days parked in mile-long lines for state-owned gasoline as shortages worsened for the nation, which holds the largest oil reserves in the world. In the capital of Caracas, hundreds of motorists waited in lines last month while carrying rocks and pipes to defend themselves as Venezuela’s…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    US, Russia Vie Over the Future of Venezuela
    The crisis in Venezuela is only getting worse by the week. And with Russian backing, it looks less likely that dictator Nicolas Maduro will step aside. Ana Quintana of The Heritage Foundation explains what’s at stake, and what’s going on. Read our interview, posted below, or listen to it on the podcast: We also cover…
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis
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    This Man Grew Up in Venezuela. Here’s His Message to Americans Who Want Socialism.
    Socialism is just a theory, an ethos, for many born and raised in the United States. But for Ricardo Pita, who was born and raised in socialist Venezuela and came to America about a decade ago, socialism is not just theoretical. He has a message for those who haven’t experienced it and think it will…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘Blame America First’ Crowd Is Undermining the Fight for Freedom in Venezuela
    Have you ever watched that inspiring speech at the 1984 Republican National Convention by Jeanne Kirkpatrick, the great conservative scholar and ambassador to the United Nations? The one where she defended President Ronald Reagan’s actions to save the Caribbean island nation of Grenada from terror and totalitarianism?  Kirkpatrick scorched Reagan’s critics who refused to blame…
    James M. Roberts
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    John Bolton: White House Plans for Post-Maduro Venezuela
    Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s lawful leader under its Constitution, was set to lead a march against Nicolas Maduro, who continued to cling to the South American nation’s presidency with the support of Russia, China, and Cuba. The U.S. is among more than 50 countries around the world backing Guaido as Venezuela’s only legitimate leader. After military…
    Fred Lucas
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    Why All the Blame for Venezuela’s Woes Falls on Chavez and Maduro
    After my recent Spanish-language column at Univision.com looked at the economic collapse in Venezuela, I heard from proponents of socialism who tried to blame the disaster not on the socialist policies of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, but on American economic sanctions. The past week saw even more terrible news from Venezuela, with a weeklong…
    Daniel Garza
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    Cartoon: Venezuela’s Blackout
    Michael Ramirez
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    The ‘Mismanagement’ in Venezuela Part of Its Socialist System
    Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. It still has the world’s biggest oil reserves. It should be a happy and prosperous nation. But then Venezuela went socialist. Democratic socialist to be exact. They voted for it. Hugo Chavez promised the poor “social and economic reforms.”…
    John Stossel
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    At White House, New Venezuelan First Lady Tells of ‘Life and Death’ Fight to Oust Maduro Dictatorship
    The wife of the interim president of Venezuela, visiting the White House on Wednesday, said her country is engaged in a life-and-death struggle against an embattled dictatorship. “We’re fighting for life and death, and we know that what will triumph in the end is life,” said Fabiana Rosales, whose husband, Juan Guaido, is recognized as…
    Fred Lucas
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    Mike Pompeo Tells Embassy in Venezuela to Come Home
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday he is pulling remaining U.S. Embassy staffers from Venezuela because of the country’s worsening situation. “The U.S. will withdraw all remaining personnel from [the Caracas embassy] this week,” Pompeo tweeted late Monday night. “This decision reflects the deteriorating situation in [Venezuela] as well as the conclusion that the presence of…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Venezuela and the Myth of Kinder, Gentler Socialism
    Venezuela is a socialist country. Venezuela is also a dictatorship. Currently, Venezuela has fallen into open violence and complete chaos, with the strongman Nicolas Maduro ordering troops to open fire on those attempting to bring humanitarian aid into the country. Yet, strangely, Maduro still has his defenders. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the leading declared Democratic…
    Ben Shapiro
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    No One Is Safe in Maduro’s Venezuela
    Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos and his team were detained in the presidential palace of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela on Monday evening. After Ramos inquired about electoral fraud and human rights abuses, and played a video of hungry Venezuelans rummaging through garbage, Maduro’s thugs confiscated their equipment and apprehended the journalists. They were released and…
    Ana Quintana
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    Trump Says Venezuela Crisis Marks ‘Twilight Hour of Socialism’
    The movement for freedom in Venezuela reveals that the “twilight hour of socialism has arrived in our hemisphere,” President Donald Trump said Monday night in a speech in Miami. “The Venezuelan people have spoken, and the world has heard their beautiful voice,” Trump said in his remarks at Florida International University to an audience that…
    Fred Lucas
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    Maduro’s ‘Criminal Enterprise’ in Venezuela Must Go, Rubio Says
    Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro isn’t a legitimate government, calling it instead a “criminal enterprise.” Rubio, R-Fla., speaking at The Heritage Foundation, addressed the crisis in the South American nation, noting that some 50 other countries have joined the United States in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido…
    Fred Lucas
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    Cartoon: What Democrats Can Learn From Venezuela
    Michael Ramirez
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    Trump, Guaido Talk for First Time Amid Venezuelan Turmoil
    President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday with the man the U.S. government recognizes as the legitimate leader of Venezuela even as turmoil continues in the oil-rich socialist country. About 50 countries have joined the United States in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as acting president of the South American nation while Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolas Maduro, tries…
    Fred Lucas
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    Today’s Venezuela: Where Socialism Meets Authoritarianism
    Many on the left have for years cheered Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, as heroes of “21st-century socialism.” Ironically, however, the undeniable downward spiral of Venezuela’s economic freedom and the far-reaching suffering of its people have put the true meaning to those “hero” claims: Socialism and corruption have destroyed Venezuela. In…
    Anthony B. Kim | Ana Quintana
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    It’s Not Going to Be Easy to Rebuild Venezuela’s Economy
    The current crisis in Venezuela is having little impact on global markets. In fact, going forward, there is really little downside economic risk.  A huge upside potential exists, however, if the U.S.-led coalition of countries and—more importantly—the Venezuelans themselves are able to exert enough peaceful and nonviolent pressure to force Nicolás Maduro to end his…
    James M. Roberts
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    Podcast: What’s Next in Venezuela
    Venezuela’s socialist dictator, Nicolas Maduro, is facing heavy pressure to resign after having destroyed the economy and rigging an election for himself. His opponent, backed by the United States, is now declaring himself to be president. Ana Quintana, The Heritage Foundation’s Latin America expert, discusses the unfolding situation. Plus: We debate over Tom Brady, the…
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis
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    Bolton: US Has ‘Special Responsibility’ to Constitutional Government in Venezuela
    The United States is working to support what national security adviser John Bolton called the “constitutional government” in Venezuela, as two men are laying competing claims to the presidency of the South American nation. Socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro is trying to hold onto power after the United States recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido’s claim to…
    Fred Lucas
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