Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Bad week for Venezuela's Maduro: Trump and Bolsonaro have a bromance


For Venezuela's dictator, Nicolas Maduro, this is not his best week. President Trump today is reportedly set to make a major policy speech on Latin America, which could include new sanctions on his socialist regime, likely for thuggery, theft and drug dealing. He might even get mentioned for his role in instigating the Honduras migrant caravan to the U.S. border, given that the president of Honduras believes that he's the problem. The migrant caravan is likely to dominate the Trump speech. So maybe he doesn't get mentioned at all. But no matter which way it goes, it's going to give Maduro the creeps. Then there's what may be an even bigger problem from him on his southern flank: The election of conservative populist "Tropical Trump" Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil. More…

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