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Robert R. Kaufman

Thoughts on the Crisis in Venezuela

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The U.S. armed forces’ capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, is the latest chapter in a very long history of United States military interventions in Latin America and throughout the world.  And, as in almost all of the previous cases, this one has opened the way to a prolonged and…

Democratic Resilience in the United States: Containing Trump’s Threat to Democracy

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Since regaining the presidency in 2025, Donald Trump and his allies have launched a devastating attack on American democracy.   The targets of this attack are the checks and balances, and the civil and political rights that have provided the foundations of our constitutional system for over two centuries.  In the few short months of Trump’s…