Venezuela announces plan to sell US oil operations
It has become clear over the past month that the Venezuelan government has taken significant steps toward selling US-based Citgo Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA). The immediate concern driving Nicolás Maduro ...
Venezuela looks set to lock away Leopoldo Lopez
The trial of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has proceeded along a clear trajectory so far, seemingly driven toward a predetermined outcome. Which, of course, is also how railroads work. "Yeah, he's being railroaded," Lopez's lead defense ...
As woes mount, economic stats vanish in Venezuela
Caracas (AFP) - Prices keep rising in Venezuela, economic activity is sputtering and shops struggle to fill their shelves. But don't ask the central bank how bad things really are: it hasn't published key data in months. The last time the central bank and ...
Sanctions on Venezuela are a matter of human rights
As Americans, we are blessed to live in a place where we can speak freely about our beliefs, challenge the direction that our country is being led in, and peacefully protest against those who are in power. But we also know this is a universal right, and ...
Sanctions against Venezuela are needed as a matter of human rights
Sanctions against Venezuela are needed as a matter of human rights Thousands of innocent Venezuelans have been jailed, injured or killed for protesting a failed regime plagued by unprecedented scarcity of food and basic goods, widespread crime and high ...
