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cil, China refused to condone Russia's moves in Crimea. Moscow's annexation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia was recognized by Nicaragm, Venezuela and two island nations in the South Pacific. That might be as many as will recognize the annexation of Crimea. I have generally been wary of the c

uld like to see happen. But Obama—again prodded, perhaps, by Republican critics—has inserted Putin into that pantheon of demonic foes that includes Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That has obscured past areas of cooperation, and made future cooperation much less likely. Ka

at New Hark gimes /..hircti 5. 23 3 A Polarizing Figure Who Led a Movement By SIMON ROMERO CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday at 58, rose from poverty in a dirt-floor adobe house to unrivaled influence in Venezuela as its president, consol

curbing American influence. He breathed life into Cuba, the hemisphere's only Communist nation, with economic assistance; its revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, was not only an ally but also an inspiration. He forged a Bolivarian alliance with some of Latin America's energy-exporting nations, like Ecuador a

t Of Iran Deal. • Azerbaijan-Armenia Border Clashes Continue For Third Day. • WPost: Trump Administration Lacks Coherent Regime Change Strategy For Venezuela. THE BIG PICTURE • Headlines From Today's Front Pages. WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE • Today's Events In Washington. LEADING THE NEWS Trump Says More W

ues that the Trump Administration "no longer has a coherent regime change strategy," and it "looks possible that the Chavista movement, like that of Fidel Castro in Cuba, will survive a U.S. boycott and consolidate a comprehensive dictatorship. U.S. policy ought to adjust for that eventuality. A good start w

erson's attempt to name Abrams as his deputy in spring 2017. But Pompeo succeeded in January of this year in appointing Abrams as special envoy for Venezuela. Mary Kissel and Brian Hook, two other senior State Department officials, also were vocal critics of Trump during the campaign, though neither sign

fy the ballots of tens of millions of patriotic Americans." Trump talked for two hours and one minute, a show of stamina that would have impressed Fidel Castro. At one point, the president criticized Rep. Debbie Dingell (D), who holds her late husband's seat, for voting to impeach him. "A real beauty," Tr

the United States and Cuba, which had been interrupted since January 3", 1961, some 54 years ago, when Ike Eisenhower was in power in Washington and Fidel Castro in Havana. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, and his Secretary of State, John Kerry, among many other personalities, have requested

rson or group whatsoever that visibly challenges its authority with any possibility of success. 5. After Hugo Chavez’s election to the presidency of Venezuela at the end of 1998, that oil- producing country transferred to Cuba enormous amounts of resources. The economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago calculates the ann

ities in Cuba. But we stress “potentially” as the Castro Brothers now seem to be slowing considerably with

ispheric energy independence are extraordinary and are already creating significant policy changes — and ruptures globally (i.e. Russia, Middle East, Venezuela, China, Iran). > Case in point: If the Ukrainian crisis has done anything, it has intensely focused Washington (and Mexico City and Ottawa) on the n