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This week, fresh from meeting his “dear friend” Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, China’s leader, Xi Jinping’s objective is clear: position himself and China as counterweights to U.S. world dominance. One way to do it, playing an instrumental role in helping U.S. adversaries skirt Western sanctions.  Case-in-point: Russia and Venezuela. As sanctions have cut off Russia […]

During a panel discussion on U.S. Policy for Venezuela hosted by Florida International University (FIU) on Tuesday, Western Hemisphere political and economic experts concluded that U.S. “Maximum Pressure” sanctions against the Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela have not worked. The panel, which included Human rights advocate Feliciano Reyna, energy expert Francisco J. Monaldi, and Andes […]

By Luis Fleischman, PhD A few months ago, the Biden Administration granted five U.S. oil companies limited authorization to resume pumping oil from Venezuela. The decision came after the Venezuelan government and the opposition reached a humanitarian relief agreement and to resume negotiations to resolve the country’s political crisis, focusing on Venezuela’s 2024 elections. Other […]

Flavors of Socialism have recently found a home in American politics.  However, this phenomenon is not strictly an American one, as the nation of Peru is currently in the midst of a nationwide crisis as a result of the ideology. Protests have taken the South American country of Peru by storm, which began over a […]

Venezuela’s strongman Nicolas Maduro’s Communist Cuba-inspired influence throughout Latin America is making American lawmakers take pause, and continue warning of the growing new “Iron Curtain” (Socialism) rising in the hemisphere. Since he took office and after sanctions were levied against him and his regime,  a bipartisan effort by members of the U.S. Congress, including Senators […]

Ever since President Biden (D) took office, Republicans have taken fierce umbrage at the administration's policies. Energy production, in particular, remains a key talking point. Recently, the Biden administration has allowed Chevron to reengage in "limited" oil production in Venezuela. Such a move invites criticism from Florida Republicans, who take to Twitter to voice their […]

Democratic senatorial nominee and Rep. Val Demings is accusing Senator Marco Rubio of pulling a “shameless and cynical stunt” for posting a video outlining the fact that illegal immigrants from Venezuela are now suing because they were flown to Martha’s Vineyard after breaking U.S. immigration law. “This is a shameless and cynical stunt from Marco […]

In Florida's Congressional District 27, State Senator Annette Taddeo (D) is hoping to unseat Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) and regain the seat Democrats lost in 2020. Sen. Taddeo is running as a moderate Democrat opposed to socialism and communism. However, Taddeo's LanguageSpeak, Inc., a business which provides translation services for other businesses, has a client […]

With the Biden administration’s hesitancy to give the nod of approval for renewed American oil production, conservatives have called out the President for going to international energy in order to satiate the nation’s demands. Conservatives like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and other Republican lawmakers have just introduced a bill that would ban oil and natural […]

Gas prices are still at historic highs and diesel hit its highest rate ever today at $5.798. Those in the Biden administration haven’t necessarily provided solutions to bring down gas prices but have offered the blame game to the American people. After weeks of blaming Putin and the “Putin Price Hike,” President Joe Biden (D) […]

On Thursday, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) , Rick Scott, Jim Risch (R-ID), and other senators penned a letter to President Joe Biden (D) imploring him to “immediately increase U.S. and international pressure to compel the Maduro regime to free all political prisoners and conduct free and fair elections.” “The March 2022 meeting between senior Biden […]

It appears the United States is going from supporting one dictator to another when it comes to influencing the purchase of oil around the globe. In an effort to slow down Russian President Vladimir Putin and his campaign in east Ukraine, the Biden administration is poised to allow the shipment of oil from Venezuela into […]

The Biden administration has extended the special license that allows Chevron Corp. and four oil service companies— Halliburton, Schlumberger Limited, Baker Hughes, and Weatherford International— to remain in Venezuela until December 1, 2022 stated the Treasury Department on Friday. 

President Joe Biden (D) faces an inflation crisis and gas price hike that has costed his administration in a big way. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has felt as though the White House has been on defense. In an effort to relieve some of the effects of the soaring gas […]

On May 10th, 18 Democrats in the House wrote a letter to President Joe Biden (D) imploring him to lift the sanctions that have been placed on Venezuela and the Nicolas Maduro regime. Maduro is a socialist leader (called a dictator by some) and has been President since 2013. The legitimacy of his presidency has […]

Despite increasing controversy and heeded calls from Latin American leaders, including Mexico’s President Andres Lopez Obrador and Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols told reporters yesterday that the three Latin American dictatorships — Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua— are not likely to be invited to the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be held in Los...

The Biden administration continues to endure pressure from Latin American foreign policy experts and politicians to establish a clear policy toward Venezuela, including the reevaluation of economic sanctions. Now, Venezuelans themselves have taken this to task. In the past couple of weeks, various groups of prominent Venezuelans have sent letters to the White House, asking the administration to consider their...

Recently, US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) gave his response to a group of Venezuelans who criticized him.  Now, Florida Democrats are taking issue with his remarks, calling the Senator, "disgraceful." Venezuelan leaders called out Sen. Rubio for failing to support TPS recipients and being too weak to stand up to his party leaders, Rubio responded by, […]