SF politics
fromAxios
1 week agoRubio testimony sheds light on friend's shadowy Venezuela play
U.S. special forces removed Maduro from power on January 3, following Rubio's testimony regarding Rivera's connections and dealings.
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US politics
fromPoynter
2 months agoThe White House said Maduro was 'flooding' the US with fentanyl. Experts and official reports disagree. - Poynter
Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro are not responsible for most fentanyl entering the United States; the majority originates in Mexico using precursor chemicals from China.
fromFortune
2 months agoWhy whatever's happening in Venezuela isn't 'regime change' | Fortune
The U.S. mission to seize Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has pushed the concept of regime change back into everyday conversation. "Regime Change in America's Back Yard," declared The New Yorker in a piece that typified the response to the Jan. 3 operation that saw Maduro exchange a compound in Caracas for a jail in Brooklyn. Commentators and politicians have been using the term as shorthand for removing Maduro and ending Venezuela's crisis, as if the two were essentially the same thing.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoThe Guardian view on the US seizure of Maduro: Trump has turned the world's superpower into a rogue state | Editorial
The U.S. unilaterally attacked Venezuela, seized President Maduro, and claimed control of the country and its oil, setting a chilling precedent.
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