Cut Venezuela's oil exports, and cut its tyrant down to size

Oil export restrictions will impose extra suffering temporarily on Venezuelans. But look at the country now. Only Maduro and his cronies are benefitting from the exports. Without oil wealth to pay off supporters, Maduro's power is nonexistent. As the Miami Herald notes, much of Maduro's ability to constrain his people centers on oil-bought support of the Cuban government and its highly capable intelligence services. If that oil support disappears, Cuba may find less reason to sustain Maduro's rule. Nevertheless, Maduro's government is persecuting the Venezuelan people. Unless dramatic action is taken, their suffering will only increase. We can stop it, and we should do so now. More…