, Columnist
Trump’s Misguided Policies Are a Gift to Venezuela’s Maduro
Punishing allies won’t help to rally international support for the restoration of democracy.
Allies like Colombia need a hand, not a spanking.
Photographer: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump’s Venezuela gambit has come up short. Three months after the U.S. recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as president and rolled out far-reaching energy sanctions, Nicolas Maduro remains entrenched atop his militarized regime.
Disappointed, the U.S. administration has begun lashing out. Yet its new moves will divide the dozens of countries that have joined an anti-Maduro coalition, making the South American nation’s return to democracy all the harder.