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    US Must Take Action on Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis as Maduro ‘Wins’ Second Term
    On Thursday, Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in for his second term as Venezuela’s president, but the election was anything but free and fair. Opposition politicians were imprisoned and/or barred from running. Meanwhile, his socialist party cronies controlled the entire electoral system. Far from democracy, this is a criminal syndicate of government kleptocrats in action. And 20…
    Ana Quintana
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    3 Million Venezuelans Have Fled the Country
    The number of refugees and migrants fleeing Venezuela amid the country’s severe economic downfall has now reached 3 million, the United Nations refugee agency announced Thursday, the most since 2015. Data from national immigration authorities revealed surrounding countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have taken in nearly 2.4 million Venezuelans as the country undergoes one…
    Hanna Bogorowski
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    Some Are More Equal Than Others in Socialist Venezuela
    It’s amazing how similarly “real” socialism turns out, every time it’s tried. In George Orwell’s book, “Animal Farm”—essentially the story of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, told through farm animals—there is an incredible moment where the animals, who suffer under the system of communism that they’ve created, come to a horrible realization that everything has…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    What That Alleged Drone Attack on Venezuela’s Dictator Means for Americans
    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was the target Saturday of an alleged assassination attempt carried out by two drones. If this was indeed a drone attack on a head of state, it is a wake-up call for policymakers and law enforcement officials everywhere. According to reports, two explosives-laden drones of a type commercially available and commonly used…
    Jason Snead
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    Inflation to Hit 1 Million Percent in Collapsing, Socialist Venezuela
    Venezuela’s inflation may hit 1 million percent by the end of the year, the International Monetary Fund announced on Monday. This incredible hyperinflation is reminiscent of Weimar Germany during the years immediately after World War I, in which wheelbarrows full of cash were required to buy bare essential items, like a loaf of bread. That…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Venezuela’s ‘21st-Century Socialism’ Is an Unmitigated Disaster
    The sham re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on May 20 has made it clear that the humanitarian crisis in that country will only get worse. Maduro has been running a dictatorship since the election of the constituent assembly in July of 2017, and Venezuelans are suffering because of it. Many on the left have…
    Julia Howe | Patrick Tyrrell
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    Nicaragua’s Regime Wants to Go the Direction of Venezuela. Here’s How That Can Be Avoided.
    Since April 18, the largest protests in decades have engulfed many parts of the small Central American country of Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to demonstrate against their authoritarian government led by former communist revolutionary Daniel Ortega and his handpicked vice president and wife, Rosario Murillo. >>> RSVP here…
    Ana Quintana
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    This California College Welcomes Propagandists for Venezuelan Socialism
    A women-only college in California continues to host Venezuelan propagandists, with two government officials scheduled to speak Tuesday for the failed socialist regime. Scripps College in Claremont, California, invited Venezuelan Consul Generals Jesus Chucho Garcia and Antonio Cordero to address “coups and imperial wars,” “African solidarities,” and Venezuela’s plan to create a “new society rooted in…
    Rob Shimshock
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    The New York Times Left Socialism’s Role Out of Its Report on Venezuela’s Devastation
    Kudos to The New York Times—yes, The New York Times—for running an excellent, detailed story on the mass starvation and economic catastrophe taking place in Venezuela. As the Times notes, Venezuela has the largest known oil reserves in the world, yet is going through a starvation crisis exacerbated and hidden by its own government. Common…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump’s Decision to Ban Venezuelan Government Officials Was Long Overdue
    The president took long-needed action on Sunday when he put in place travel restrictions on a number of high-profile Venezuelan officials. As part of ban, which targets eight countries, these representatives and their relatives will no longer be allowed to obtain U.S. tourism or business visas. This move should not be interpreted as a ban…
    Ana Quintana
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    Desperate for Cash, Venezuela Gives Putin Control of Oil Assets
    Venezuela is handing over unprecedented control of its state-owned oil assets to longtime financial backer Russia in an effort to stave off insolvency and economic collapse. Battered by civil unrest that threatens to become a total political meltdown, the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro has offered an ownership stake in up to nine of Venezuela’s most…
    Will Racke
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    Underreported: Meet 2 Political Prisoners From Socialist Venezuela
    In recent months, Venezuela has spiraled into a full-blown humanitarian and political crisis. Politicians with criminal backgrounds run the country, employing violence and arresting peaceful, anti-government protesters. In The Daily Signal’s feature series, “Underreported,” we interview Francisco Marquez, an ex-political prisoner who now lives in the United States, and Wuilly Arteaga, who recently was thrown…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Venezuela’s Socialist Leader Asks for UN Meeting With Trump as His Nation Crumbles
    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is ready to meet with President Donald Trump, just days after Washington hit the ruling socialist regime with sanctions. Speaking Thursday to the newly installed National Constituent Assembly, an all-powerful legislative body packed with Maduro loyalists, the socialist leader called on Venezuela’s foreign minister to arrange a phone call or face-to-face…
    Will Racke
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    This Young Violinist Inspired Venezuelans to Stand for Freedom. Now He’s Rotting in Prison.
    One of the stories coming out of Venezuela that has simultaneously saddened and inspired has been that of Wuilly Arteaga, a talented young violinist who grew up in the poorest part of Valencia, Venezuela's third largest city. Wuilly taught himself violin and won a place in one of Venezuela's youth orchestras that are part of…
    Paul Coyer | Marjory Serrano
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    The World Must Turn Back Venezuela’s Growing Dictatorship
    Venezuela has succumbed to dictatorship. It’s going to take a concerted international effort to reverse this ugly development. On July 30, socialist strongman Nicolas Maduro held a fraudulent and highly unpopular election. As a result, all 545 seats of a new “Constituent Assembly” are being filled with candidates hand-picked by Maduro’s National Socialist Party. The…
    Ana Quintana
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    Socialism Has Destroyed Venezuela
    Friedrich Hayek famously observed that socialist central planning puts countries on the road to serfdom. The latest dead end on that highway to hell—already littered with the human victims of past failed attempts in places like Cuba and the old Soviet Union—is in Caracas, Venezuela. That is where, last weekend, President Nicolás Maduro and the…
    James M. Roberts
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    I Grew Up in Chavez’s Socialist Venezuela. Here’s What I Think About the Current Crisis.
    Venezuela’s air is thick with tear gas and its streets are stained with the blood of its youth. The South American nation has been reduced to a battlefield as government forces brutally pummel protestors. For the past 50 days, Venezuelans throughout the country have taken to the streets in anti-government uprisings. With approval ratings in…
    Ricardo Pita
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    This May Be Venezuela’s Tiananmen Square Moment
    Venezuela is no stranger to protests, but the recent uprisings have rocked the country and stirred questions about the nation’s future. This past week, the “mother of all protests” has seen upward of 2 million Venezuelans take to the streets demanding an end to the notoriously corrupt Maduro regime. Beginning on what would be the 207th…
    Ana Quintana
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    Corrupt Venezuelan Regime Failing to Quell Humanitarian Crisis
    Not too long ago, oil reserves and natural resources made Venezuela the richest country in South America. Now, President Nicolas Maduro’s corrupt socialist policies have left the country in ruins. Unsurprisingly, Maduro has become very unpopular, earning an approval rating hovering around less than 20 percent nationwide. It’s a well-earned failing mark. Maduro has recently…
    Gabriela Anciola | Ana Quintana
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    Trump Is Right to Support Venezuela’s Opposition
    Lilian Tintori understands the Venezuelan regime for what it is: corrupt, criminal, and evil. Her husband, Leopoldo López, was stripped of his political rights when President Hugo Chávez saw the potential and dangerous competition that he posed. Eventually this led to Leopoldo’s investigation and his current imprisonment, which has been ongoing for three years now….
    Jackson Ventrella | Ana Quintana
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