As Maduro Goes Rogue, Trump Has Choices to Make
The U.S. can still go beyond pragmatic deals, countering Maduro by using oil as the ultimate leverage.
President Donald J. Trump has announced ambitious goals for his Latin America agenda, including plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, reshape U.S. border and immigration policies, and possibly take back the Panama Canal. But when it comes to Venezuela, recent events suggest he may be casting aside the aggressive policies—known as the "maximum pressure" strategy—adopted during his first presidency. In a demonstration of pragmatism toward Venezuela, Richard Grenell, Trump’s envoy for “special missions,” met with Nicolás Maduro on January 31 in Caracas and struck a deal to secure...
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