November 2023
Emerging markets have ignored the ‘Buenos Aires consensus’
Serial debt-defaulting countries have stunned economists by thriving though prudent policies advocated by the IMF.
January 2020
The US bet Guaido could transform Venezuela. It hasn’t happened
At a time when the administration is already facing crises at home and abroad, Nicolas Maduro’s actions suggest that the gamble the US took on Juan Guaidó is looking increasingly like a failure.
Maduro forces oust Guaidó from congress in day of chaos
The move illustrated growing confidence by the Venezuelan President that, despite the country's spiralling poverty, hunger and dysfunction, Guaidó's year-long attempt to oust him is losing steam.
July 2019
Trump moves to end asylum for Central Americans
The US president has removed some rights to claim asylum for most Central American migrants as he seeks to bolster his re-election campaign for 2020.
May 2019
Trump's man makes little headway with Putin in Sochi
The US Secretary of State meets Russian President Vladimir Putin hoping to ensure no Moscow meddling in the 2020 election, and less interfering in Venezuela.
US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan general who defied Maduro
The immediate lifting of financial sanctions for General Manuel Figuera, who was Venezuela's spy chief, is intended to encourage others in the military to abandon their support for Maduro.
Military support overestimated in failed uprising, says Guaidó
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó acknowledged errors made in attempting to stir a military uprising in Venezuela, and did not discard a US military option alongside domestic forces.
Afraid to touch Guaidó, Maduro plays waiting game in Caracas
Venezuela has settled back into its strange status quo, with the armed forces sticking by Nicolás Maduro, who won a rigged re-election last year, and the Trump administration standing by Juan Guaidó.
US commitment to regime change in Venezuela tested
Donald Trump has made removing Nicolas Maduro from power one of his top foreign policy efforts. But regime change will not be straightforward.
Thousands protest in Caracas against Maduro. US-Russia tension flares
Demonstrators take to the streets of Caracas again but it appears to be an impasse as they can't oust Nicolas Maduro, and the discredited president can't quell the protests.
Venezuela braced for more violence after another day of turmoil
Like past attempts to oust President Nicolás Maduro, the opposition seemed outmanoeuvred again.
New attempt to oust Venezuela's Maduro splits European nations
In a statement released late in the day, the European Union said it rejected any form of violence and would continue to push for "free and fair elections".
March 2019
China offers help as Venezuela looks to end blackout
President Nicolas Maduro's government scrambled to return power to western Venezuela following heavy looting in the country's second largest city, while China offered to help the OPEC-member nation end its worst blackout on record.
Power shortages cripple Venezuela as Juan Guaidó fights for office
There is a big mystery as to why Venezuela - one of the world's richest petro-states - is suffering massive power blackouts.