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The Lede

How Colombia’s President Reached an Uneasy Détente with Donald Trump

After the attack in Venezuela, its neighbor state reckons with U.S. aggression.
The Lede

The Aggressive Ambitions of Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine”

After his assault on Venezuela, the President is turning his attention to the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
Q. & A.

The Former Trump Skeptics Getting Behind His War in Venezuela

A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Lede

What Will Become of Venezuela’s Political Prisoners?

Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate.
The Lede

J. D. Vance’s Notable Absence on Venezuela

Was the Vice-President’s exclusion from the operation in Venezuela an expression of his anti-interventionist ideology—or a political calculation?
The Lede

The Dramatic Arraignment of Nicolás Maduro

By forcibly bringing the ousted President and his wife into jurisdiction of U.S. federal courts, Trump will now have to accept that at least two Venezuelans deserve the basic right to due process.
The Political Scene Podcast

Special Episode: After Maduro’s Ouster, What Are Trump’s Plans for Venezuela?

The President says the United States will “run” Venezuela. What that entails—and how far Trump will go in the country and in the broader region—remains unclear.
Q. & A.

The Maduro Regime Without Maduro

A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.
The Lede

Who’s Running Venezuela After the Fall of Maduro?

The country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, is in the awkward position of having to appease two hard-line, opposing audiences: the Trump Administration and what remains of the Venezuelan regime.
Q. & A.

The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation

A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
The Lede

Regime Change in America’s Back Yard

What comes after Nicolás Maduro’s ouster in Venezuela?
The Political Scene Podcast

Why Is Trump Targeting Venezuela?

As Trump escalates his confrontation with Venezuela, questions mount about the line between counter-narcotics policy and a bid for regional dominance.
The Lede

Lula, Maduro, and a New Cold War in Latin America

In the aftermath of Venezuela’s disputed election, the compact that has long bound the region’s left together appears finally to be breaking down.
Daily Comment

Venezuela’s Moment of Reckoning

Nicolás Maduro’s claim to have won the Presidential election has further inflamed the nation’s contest between democracy and authoritarianism.
News Desk

Hunger, Infection, and Repression: Venezuela’s Coronavirus Calamity

How the Maduro regime and the Trump Administration are worsening the impact.
Daily Comment

In Venezuela, Americans Attempt to Stage a “Bay of Piglets”

History repeats itself as farce, but the inescapably farcical aspects of Operation Gideon make neither the lives lost in it nor Venezuela’s slow-motion collapse any less tragic.
Culture Desk

Reviving Venezuelan Punk, the Music of Revolution

In the eighties, the punk scene grew amid the country’s turmoil. Now, with the more recent political crisis, the movement is being revitalized.
Daily Comment

In Its Fight with Venezuela, the Trump Administration Takes Aim at Cuba

After failing to bring down the Maduro regime, the White House has turned its attention to Cuba, which it blames for the Venezuelan President’s survival.
Daily Comment

Michelle Bachelet, Nicolás Maduro, and the U.N. Report on Human Rights in Venezuela

A new report from Bachelet’s office documents torture and extrajudicial executions under the Maduro government, but the issue is a delicate one for the U.N. High Commissioner, a former President of Chile who herself suffered human-rights abuses.
A Reporter at Large

Venezuela’s Two Presidents Collide

Juan Guaidó’s uprising, backed by the U.S., failed to depose Nicolás Maduro—but his supporters remain loyal. Will the country’s divisions lead to an international crisis?