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To recover, Venezuela needs its people back. Will they return?

Whether by purchase or conquest, adding territory to the United States requires congressional approval.

There's no evidence Donald Trump is interested in focusing solely on the Western Hemisphere while ceding the rest of the world to China and Russia.

Maybe this time, optimism isn't an expression of naïveté. Maybe this time, the uprising doesn't just 'feel' different. It is different.

Maduro is gone, and his regime is in charge.

The U.S. has Putin's attention.

The U.S. needs to replace stick with carrot.

It is as if Trump and his inner circle internalized the caricature of the Bush administration and the Iraq War crafted and promulgated by the American left.

Until the U.S. is no longer dependent on critical minerals from China, the country will use its advantage as a cudgel against us.

It's too early to say whether they'll pay off, even if it is not too early to celebrate Maduro's ousting.