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A Bolivarian militia member at a polling station during the referendum on Venezuelan sovereignty over the Esquibo region, in Caracas on December 3.

Why oil and politics are re-igniting an old conflict between Venezuela and Guyana

The world faces a renewed geopolitical fault line in South America. Borders drawn by colonial powers cross disputed territory now rich in resources. Fears of war are real, but open conflict unlikely.

Paul Achkar 16, Dec 2023

A Venezuelan migrant texts at a makeshift camp of migrants, set up alongside a river bank in Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Migrants Near US Border Face Cold Wait For Key Asylum Ruling

Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in southern Mexico, and then jolting railcar rides…

AP 23, Dec 2022

Venezuelan migrants, some expelled from the U.S. to Mexico under Title 42 and others who have not crossed yet, receive used clothing by members of a Christian church near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Repatriation of Venezuelan Migrants From Mexico By Air to Begin Soon -Sources

Voluntary returns of Venezuelan migrants in Mexico by plane back to their homeland are likely to begin in the next few days, four people familiar with the matter said. Mexico is grappling with a…

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Venezuela’s Problem Isn’t Socialism

In the last three years, tragic scenes of poverty and mayhem have dominated the coverage ofVenezuela, a nation that used to be one of the wealthiest and most democratic countries inSouth America…

Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro 07, Feb 2020

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during the ceremony of recognition by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), at the Fuerte Tiuna Military Complex, in Caracas on January 10, 2019. (Getty)

Preparing for a Venezuela After Maduro

U.S.PresidentDonald Trump’sefforts to liberateVenezuelafrom Nicolás Maduro’s regime have stalled, despite some unusually favorable circumstances, including a spectacularly incompetent government…

James Dobbins 28, Jun 2019

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