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Venezuela

Explore Foreign Affairs’ coverage of political, economic, and security issues in Venezuela, past and present.

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Venezuela’s Endless Crisis

A Mafia State Slides Toward Anarchy

Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro

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The United States Helps Venezuela’s Regime Survive

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A Perfect Storm for Venezuela

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El Problema de Venezuela No es el Socialismo

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The Venezuelan Opposition’s High-Stakes Assault on Maduro

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Venezuela’s Suicide

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Take Back Venezuela With Votes, Not Violence

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The Tragedy of the Venezuelan Opposition

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When Is It Time to End Sanctions Programs?

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How to Avoid a Venezuelan Civil War

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Mediation in Venezuela Is Doomed to Fail

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Venezuela’s Bad Neighbor Policy

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Getting Venezuela to Behave

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Venezuela’s Addiction

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Venezuela’s Risky Recall?

Venezuela's Meltdown Continues

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Nationalization and Its Discontents

Venezuela, Devalued

Chavez's Revenge

Chavismo in Pieces

Venezuela's Moment of Truth

Crackdown in Caracas

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Fighting Words

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A Revolution in Green

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Crime and Punishment in Venezuela

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Maduro Moves Up

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How Chavez Does Business

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Capriles Radonski and the New Venezuelan Opposition

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What to Read on Venezuela

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The Revolution Will Not Be Marginalized

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Revolutionary Road?

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An Empty Revolution

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In Search of Hugo Chávez

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The Venezuelan Oil Crisis

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Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez Era: Class, Polarization and Conflict

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Presidents Without Parties: The Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990s

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Venezuela's Worsening Political Crisis

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Venezuela: Tarnished Democracy

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