In a perpetually changing Latin America, there was only one certainty in the last 25 years: a socialist and oil-rich Venezuela and its constant confrontation with the United States.
This year, tensions reached unprecedented levels following a US military buildup in the Caribbean, attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs that Washington linked to Caracas, and President Donald Trump’s maximum-pressure campaign on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, and on oil, the country’s lifeline.
How did we get here?
The following is a deep look at contemporary Venezuela, its history, its riches, its alliances and its delicate internal balance of power amid growing tensions with the…
