Venezuela freed a group of political prisoners, human rights activists said. The releases came several days after interim president Delcy Rodríguez met with Donald Trump in New York.

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First came the nighttime abduction of the friendly Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, then the boarding of two «shadow» tankers in the Atlantic, and now the announcement of «bone-crushing» sanctions that Congress had postponed all of last year. It seems incredible that less than two weeks ago, pro-government media in Russia were seriously anticipating a rapprochement between Moscow and Washington and predicting diplomatic isolation for Kyiv. The «spirit of Anchorage,» which Kremlin propaganda so eagerly inhaled last autumn, has completely dissipated by winter.

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The sad path of Venezuela: it could have been the American Qatar, but became a country-run criminal organization.

#Venezuela #state #dictatorship #History #cartels #LatinAmerica #drugs #neoliberalism #NicolasMaduro #society #crime #protests #rawmaterialseconomy #HugoChavez #benevolentreforms

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