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Venezuela’s Endgame Is Closer Than Maduro Thinks
The regime wants direct talks with the U.S. Washington should reject the offer.
Hour of truth?
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“Crunch time” sounds a lot better in Spanish. The expression is “la hora de la verdad”; literally, the “hour of truth.”
As Venezuela spirals deeper into chaos and starvation — especially the countryside beyond the capital, Caracas — that hour of truth is near. The challenge for the U.S. and the rest of the hemisphere is to help bring an end to the corrupt, incompetent regime of President Nicolas Maduro without further bloodshed or economic collapse.