The former Attorney General was a loyal chavista – now she’s fled the country, and Maduro has called for her arrest.
Venezuela
“In its zeal to consolidate authoritarian rule, the Venezuela government is hardening its course and is now clearly unwilling to tolerate those who advocate a different direction,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
As the diaspora grows in key districts, Republicans and Democrats eye newcomers as a powerful new voting bloc.
AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth said Trump's comments on Venezuela have become an unwanted distraction on WNYC's "The Takeaway".
Changes in Venezuela's oil industry could influence jobs at oil refineries in Louisiana and Texas, a "sensitive issue for those legislators" says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
As Maduro calls for a new dialogue after the Lima Declaration, AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth says there's little reason to think a new dialogue would be any different.
Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA afirmó que Washington podría reducir sus importaciones de crudo venezolano, pero que buscará "medidas provisionales a falta de un embargo que, si se utiliza, profundizaría la crisis humanitaria existente".