Nothing serious has ever come from negotiations over democracy with Nicolás Maduro, because his criminal regime cannot risk free elections.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the opening of the new court term in Caracas, Venezuela, January 27, 2022.
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This week, the Biden administration announced a weakening of energy sanctions against the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela, saying it had done so at the request of the country’s democratic opposition. But that bland assurance is misleading both as to what the opposition wants and as to what the administration has given away.
It’s worth looking first at what U.S. officials are saying. Here are the relevant parts of the CNN story:
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Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and served in the Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump administrations.
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This week, the Biden administration announced a weakening of energy sanctions against the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela, saying it had done so at the request of the country’s democratic opposition. But that bland assurance is misleading both as to what the opposition wants and as to what the administration has given away.
It’s worth looking first at what U.S. officials are saying. Here are the relevant parts of the CNN story:
About the Author
Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and served in the Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump administrations.
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