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In South Florida's Venezuelan enclave, big hopes that Trump’s pressure on Maduro succeeds

NBC News 12 Dec 2025
In Doral, a city in Miami-Dade County with the highest concentration of Venezuelans in the country, talk about Trump’s pressure campaign on Maduro is prevalent everywhere. ... .
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Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado will not attend ceremony, Nobel Institute says

NBC News 10 Dec 2025
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, will not attend the ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said ... .
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Maduro’s forces search for ‘Trump’ on people’s phones as repression grows in Venezuela

The Miami Herald 05 Dec 2025
Amanda, a young worker at a tech accessories store, was terrified last week when six police officers stopped her and her boyfriend as they drove on one of the main avenues of the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo ... .
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Schiff launches Senate bid to block Trump from attacking Venezuela

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 04 Dec 2025
People “don’t want more forever wars,” say Sen. Adam Schiff and Senate colleagues ... .
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Our Turn | In this house, we believe

The News-Gazette 18 Nov 2025
"Many challenges we face today are reminders of how painful and frightening it can be to confront an issue in which values conflict. We, scientists and faith leaders, are together advocating for a commitment to relearn how to sit in ... .
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The Case for Overthrowing Maduro

New York Times 17 Nov 2025
Thinking through the case for intervention in Venezuela ... .
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Why Maduro Probably Can’t Count on Putin

The Atlantic 12 Nov 2025
Nicolás Maduro sounded remarkably chipper last week for a man about to face off with a United States armada ... He singled out one in particular. Russia. “We are like this,” he gushed, interlocking his fingers to show the closeness of the bond ... [Read ... [Read.
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Racism built broken infrastructure — Illinois has just shown how to rebuild it

The Hill 06 Nov 2025
People say Democrats have a messaging problem. That’s not true. The challenge is structural ... This divide isn’t new ... W.E.B ... Rev ... Barreto is the former Chief Equity and Engagement Officer at the Chicago Transit Authority and a public infrastructure advocate.
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Venezuela’s Grim Prospect

The Atlantic 04 Nov 2025
For many Venezuelans, this is a disorienting moment. For a quarter century, our government has been using the threat of an American military attack to justify more and more authoritarian control over the country ... Suddenly, it’s not just noise ... .
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How Maduro Future-Proofed His Dictatorship in Venezuela

New York Times 03 Nov 2025
Maduro has built a system in which the only people who can truly tear down the dictatorship are the ones with the most to lose from its demise ... .
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Trump accelerates tensions with Venezuela — and risks a longer, messier crisis

MSNBC 20 Oct 2025
In less than 48 hours on Wednesday and Thursday, three developments reshaped the U.S. posture towards Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ....
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