Carolina Jimenez and David Smilde: “The tragedy is that both Maduro and the opposition see Trump as a way to stay in power, or to obtain it.
Dr. David Smilde: Trump stages a "theater of war" with Venezuela to justify deportation of migrants under the "alien enemy" act.
David Smilde is professor of sociology at Tulane University and a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America.
David Smilde is the moderator of WOLA's blog: Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights. Rebecca Hanson is a contributor.
University faculty in Venezuela began protesting their low wages with a series of strikes dating back to February. The university system has...
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez used her first state of the union message Thursday to advocate for opening the crucial...
A pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is being amplified by the voices of Venezuelan exiles in America who support...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who has led his country into one of the world's worst economic crises, will be sworn in for a new...
Between threatening to strike the country and resuming repatriation flights for migrants, the US president is sending mixed signals.
Information is emerging regarding the degree to which 2025 Nobel Prize winner María Corina Machado and her team have engaged the...
A sociologist and senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America, known for his critiques of the Honduran government's human rights record and its handling of protests.
