Tag / Hugo Chavez
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Venezuela: It’s Complicated
When Juan Guaidó, the previously unknown leader of Venezuela’s legislature, invoked a constitutional clause to declare himself president, he set off an international firestorm. Almost immediately, American Vice President Mike Pence called sitting president Nicolás Maduro “a dictator with no legitimate claim to power” and affirmed American support for Guaidó. The last months have seen…
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On the Brink
While there have been plenty of good things happening this week, the stories that have grabbed my attention of late have all led me to suspect that The Glass is Half Empty. While this could certainly be a case of “the only good news is boring news,” I found that the stories that have most…
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The King of Spain Bests Obama
Enough is enough. Now that Venezuelan president (dictator in all but name) Hugo Chavez is calling for restrictions on websites like Twitter and Facebook in his nation, echoing Chinese Internet bans, the time has come for President Obama to make long deserved changes to his policy towards Chavez. Obama still doesn’t seem to realize the…
