President Donald Trump wants to slash funds that support democracy projects Venezuela and Cuba while seeking authority from Congress to transfer up to $500 million to help new if Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro falls.. Trump is proposing 40 percent cut to funds that promote democracy and human..…
While the progress made by the Bolivarian Revolution has eroded—in larger measure due to US, Canadian and European sanctions undercutting Venezuela’s economy and its people’s access to food and medicine—a mere six months ago, Alfred de Zayas, the first UN special rapporteur to visit Venezuela in 21..…
The Maduro regime is not a dictatorship: opponents may express themselves and call demonstrations, and President Maduro was elected by direct suffrage against opposing candidates. At the same time it is clear that the level of democracy enjoyed in Venezuela during the period that Hugo Chavez..…
Bolton warned Bolivarian Republic separately, saying e will continue to intensify our efforts to end Maduro's of Venezuela's Presidency and will hold the military and security forces responsible for protecting Venezuelan people. . ..…
His credibility is sorely lacking, supporting imperial aims to eliminate Bolivarian social democracy he deplores. . In a mi-February WaPo piece, he lied claiming “Maduro is holding desperate Venezuelans hostage (for) refus(ing) to allow emergency shipments (sic) of (US) food and medicine..…