The timing of the offer was thorny because it coincided with the US indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro.
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US lawmakers who opposed Guatemala’s democratically elected leaders alleged communist subterfuge. They didn’t mention the United Fruit Company’s complaints before the 1954 coup.
There is no evidence that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to a meaningful reduction in drugs flowing into the United States.
Months of preparation and intelligence gathering went into the mission to seize Venezuela’s president in Caracas.
The operation in Venezuela has echoes of Panama in 1989. But in ordering President Maduro’s capture, Trump has broken with long-standing US policy in Latin America.
Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
US military buildup in the Caribbean has prompted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to reciprocate with military drills.
US president’s letter to Brazilian counterpart mentioned trade deficit. But don’t be fooled, these tariffs are political rather than economic.
Much like the history of the US, Joel Roberts Poinsett, after whom the poinsettia is named, had a complicated and troubling history.
Biden wants to restore US global leadership after four years of Trump’s isolationism and antagonism. These are some of the challenges and opportunities he’ll face, from China to Latin America.
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Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Rice University
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Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Associate professor of history, Middlebury College
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Professor of History, Temple University
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Senior Associate, Americas Program, The Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
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Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Associate Professor of History, Miami University
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Associate Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Professor, Islam and Global Affairs, University of Delaware
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Professor of Modern Latin America History, University of Denver
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Assistant Director of the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness, Florida International University