espite their efforts to hollow out Venezuela's democratic infrastructure and their virulent anti-Americanism, the late Hugo Chavez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, had no difficulty in finding American consultants who would repre- sent the interests of their government and the national oil company.” ¢ Richard

favorable to “the Cubans.” The disappearance of Chavism in Venezuela would be an economic and political catastrophe for Cuba. Today the popularity of Nicolas Maduro is less than 20%. 4. The political stability of the Cuban regime until now has depended on control by Fidel and Raul Castro. Fidel just turned 89, a

w bcz i got concerned lately & Sent from my iPhone On May 11, 2019, at 10:00 PM, J < [email protected] > wrote: WASHINGTON - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is deriding President Donald Trump as foolish for trying to oust him. Kim Jong Un is testing Trump's "love" - and his resolve - in the North Korea ne