Trump administration gambles with Venezuelan oil supplies

Trump administration gambles with Venezuelan oil supplies

Javier Manjarres
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August 12, 2019
President Trump's recent economic sanctions against Venezuela’s Dictatorial regime are working, crippling Nicholas Maduro’s socialist government, but at what cost?
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Venezuela's Maduro set to dissolve national assembly

Venezuela's Maduro set to dissolve national assembly

Javier Manjarres
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August 12, 2019
The Nicholas Maduro regime has confirmed that it will hold a special session of their governing body, a move that U.S.-acknowledged President Juan Guaido says will be all-but end the current Venezuelan opposition government.
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Venezuela's Maduro regime burns humanitarian aid

Venezuela's Maduro regime burns humanitarian aid

Javier Manjarres
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February 23, 2019
Colombia and President Ivan Duque are now on a clock of sorts. Maduro has just severed diplomatic ties with Colombia and expelled its dignitaries.
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Lawmakers say Trump’s not doing enough for Venezuela

Lawmakers say Trump’s not doing enough for Venezuela

Javier Manjarres
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February 20, 2019
The four also hoped, that in terms of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, Trump would not make this issue into some political show “just to win points in the elections,” but that is exactly what they just did by continuing to refer to the president as anti-immigrant.
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Rubio clowns around with Venezuela’s Maduro

Rubio clowns around with Venezuela’s Maduro

Javier Manjarres
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October 6, 2017
It is fair to say that Rubio has having a lot of fun at Maduro's expense.
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Trump Adds Venezuela to Controversial Travel Ban

Trump Adds Venezuela to Controversial Travel Ban

Javier Manjarres
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September 25, 2017
Trump’s travel restrictions need to be seen for what they are, and not for what many individuals think they are, a full ban on travel for all foreigners.
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Tensions Increase Between Venezuela And Colombia

Tensions Increase Between Venezuela And Colombia

Javier Manjarres
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September 15, 2015
The ongoing tussle between the governments of Colombian and Venezuela continues, as Colombia is now saying that a Venezuelan aircraft entered into Colombian airspace without permission. Venezuela is denying that this incident happened, and it's Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said that this was just one of a string of "invented incidents" by the Colombians to […]
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Venezuela's President Maduro May Have Been Born In Colombia

Venezuela's President Maduro May Have Been Born In Colombia

Javier Manjarres
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August 28, 2015
Controversy continues to swirl around Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro's true birth place. Many Colombians believe that Maduro was born in Colombia, and not in Venezuela. A Univision news segment conducted in the Colombian city of Cucuta, interviews several resident who remember, and knew a very young Maduro as one of the inhabitants of a corner […]
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Tensions High Over Closing Of Colombia-Venezuela Border

Tensions High Over Closing Of Colombia-Venezuela Border

Javier Manjarres
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August 23, 2015
Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro says that he will not reopen the border between Venezuela and Colombia until the Colombian government stops "attacking" his country's economy, and until the drug smuggling and crime he alleges is crossing over from Colombia is stopped. Maduro closed down the border between the two countries to keep out paramilitary and […]
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Venezuela's Maduro Upsets Spaniards, Again

Venezuela's Maduro Upsets Spaniards, Again

Javier Manjarres
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July 28, 2015
A chip off the old block. Venezuela's President Maduro continues his Hugo Chavez-like antics when he called Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy a "hitman," prompting the Spanish government to once again summons the Venezuelan ambassador. The Spanish foreign ministry has summoned the Venezuelan ambassador to once again protest comments by Venezuela's president against Spanish Prime […]
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The Sh*t Hits Fan, Venezuela Runs Out of Toilet Paper

The Sh*t Hits Fan, Venezuela Runs Out of Toilet Paper

Javier Manjarres
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May 16, 2013
By JAVIER MANJARRES It seems as if Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his 'Chavistas' have served up so much political excriment that may have just 'hit the fan,' as the country has run out of toilet paper. That is correct, Venezuela has run out of toilet paper. Just yesterday, Maduro's administration announced that it was […]
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Should Obama Create a Secretary of Sports Cabinet Position?

Should Obama Create a Secretary of Sports Cabinet Position?

Javier Manjarres
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April 23, 2013
By JAVIER MANJARRES You can say what you want about Venezuela' newly elected Socialist President, Nicholas Maduro, but you got to give the man some credit for picking Alejandra Benitez to be his new sports minister. Benitez, who represented Venezuela in Fencing at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics games, has just posed nude […]
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As Rubio Calls For Recount in Venezuela, 'Chavistas' Burn Ballots

As Rubio Calls For Recount in Venezuela, 'Chavistas' Burn Ballots

Javier Manjarres
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April 16, 2013
“I urge Venezuelan authorities to refrain from any steps that may forever tarnish the credibility of the new government, such as rushing to certify the election results ahead of a full and transparent audit of all the votes.
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Rubio Hopes Venezuelans Will  End

Rubio Hopes Venezuelans Will End "Socialist Disaster"

Javier Manjarres
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April 13, 2013
By JAVIER MANJARRES The Venezuelan Socialist regime of Hugo Chavez is up for re-election this weekend, but the fear that the election will not be "transparent" and fair to the Venezuelan people is weighing heavy on the minds of many onlookers, including U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.  Early Saturday morning, Rubio put out a statement chiding […]
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Maduro Equates His Opposition to

Maduro Equates His Opposition to "Heirs of Hitler," Has Duel on Twitter With Uribe

Javier Manjarres
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April 4, 2013
By JAVIER MANJARRES It seems as if Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro is picking up right where his late mentor and friend President Hugo Chavez left off, when he equated Venezuela's opposition voice to the "heirs of Hitler." While there isn't record of Chavez calling any group of people "heirs of Hitler," Chavez was well documented […]
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