Venezuela jumped back into U.S.
crosshairs this week, with a slate of fresh U.S. Treasury Department sanctions
on top Venezuelan figures, new Senate legislation aiming to further isolate the
Venezuelan regime, and tough talk of even harsher measures from U.S. President
Donald Trump at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York. The
drumbeat of mounting economic and diplomatic pressure comes atop a raft of U.S.
sanctions, and with the Venezuelan economy in utter free fall as oil production
plummets and inflation and shortages skyrocket. But, given the country’s
divided opposition and a mostly loyal military, even that ramped-up U.S.
pressure is unlikely to be enough to end the rule of President Nicolás Maduro
anytime soon. More…
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