President Joe Biden sent confusing signals when he said last week that he would support a new election, echoing what Brazil and Colombia have suggested. If...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to the press at the Supreme Court where he arrived for procedures related to the court's audit of presidential election results in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Behind is an image of Independence hero Simon Bolivar.Perhaps the political crisis in Venezuela appears to you as a distant drama, but it’s not. What’s happening in Venezuela will reverberate across the Americas, including here in Texas.
Brazil and Colombia have offered to negotiate a power-sharing agreement between Maduro and the opposition and even called for a new election. The latter in particular strikes us as preposterous.
President Joe Biden made things worse last week when he was asked by a reporter whether he supports new elections in Venezuela and said, “I do.” The White House later tried to clean up the comment, saying Biden actually meant the opposite. The gaffe may signal to people like Maduro that Venezuela isn’t a foreign policy priority. The Biden administration must show otherwise.A U.S.-led resolution by the Organization of American States demanding the impartial verification of election results initially faced resistance from Brazil and Colombia, which had to be brought along. Mexico skipped the vote.“We will have to continue to insist … we will have to keep telling the dictator: Sir, you must leave.
Abdala is right. The Biden White House must continue to use diplomacy and other means to create a united front against Maduro., this editorial calls on the U.S. to press Venezuela’s neighbors to spurn Nicolás Maduro’s illegitimate efforts to stay in power.. Dallas Morning News editorials are written by the paper's Editorial Board and serve as the voice and view of the paper. The board considers a broad range of topics and is overseen by the Editorial Page Editor.
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