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According to the BBC, the United States and Donald Trump have officially backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has characterized the election of left-wing President Nicolás Maduro as rigged. Guaidó, who was a relatively unknown figure in Venezuelan politics before assuming the post as the leader of the opposition party that controlled parliament earlier in […]

To say Venezuela is in a state of upheaval and revolution is putting it mildly. Just days after Christmas, Venezuelans are facing a 2,400% inflation rate and severely depressed purchasing power, according to consulting firm Econometrica, which places Venezuelan buying power at one fifth what it was when Hugo Chavez began the country’s Socialist revolution […]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died today after a long battle with cancer. He was 58 years old.