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Recent minor changes in the relationship between the United States and Venezuela may signal that a greater degree of engagement between the two countries is possible in 2023, though experts remain doubtful that the Biden administration's goal of seeing free and fair presidential elections there in 2024 is likely to be achieved. U.S. oil firm…
Although major reforms remain unlikely while Nicolas Maduro remains in power, incremental progress may be possible
Duke faculty, staff and students wrote more than 250 opinion pieces in 2022 that appeared in media outlets as close to home as the Triangle and as far away as China. These scholars tackled some of
Just three years ago, Venezuela was a nation on the verge of collapse. Today, the sense of despair has receded ever so slightly as the government of President Nicolás Maduro has backed away from leftist orthodoxy and the war in Ukraine has boosted oil prices.
Some 90% of Venezuelans live in poverty and inflation recently topped 200%. But many have taken note of improvements: wider availability of food, more reliable electricity, water and telephone service, sufficient supplies of gasoline, fewer people fleeing.