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A Dangerous Moment for Venezuela – and the Region 

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Nicolas Maduro is set to be inaugurated for his third term as president of Venezuela on Friday. He will be sworn in after a [...] More

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High Stakes for Venezuela – and U.S. – in Crucial Vote

High Stakes for Venezuela – and U.S. – in Crucial Vote

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — On July 28, Venezuela’s authoritarian President, Nicolás Maduro, will face his most formidable electoral challenge [...] More

A Post-Mortem on the Summit of the Americas

OPINION — U.S. - Latin American relations face rocky times. Events during and surrounding the just concluded Summit of the Americas (SOA), a meeting [...] More

Venezuela's Converging Crisis

ACADEMIC INCUBATOR — A stronger, safer Latin America is in the U.S. best security interests; however, many countries within the region are deeply [...] More

What Protests Tell Us About Democracy in Latin America

OPINION — Instability in Latin America fuels refugee flows, inflation and criminal activity, all of which affect U.S. interests. The Biden [...] More
Why Should the U.S. Care about a renewed Iran-Venezuela Relationship?

Why Should the U.S. Care about a renewed Iran-Venezuela Relationship?

Earlier this Spring, an oil tanker from Iran arrived in Venezuela with a much-needed delivery, despite the fact that both nations are under US [...] More

The Staggering Scale of the Venezuelan Refugee Crisis

Bottom Line Up FrontAt the end of 2019, more than 16% of Venezuela’s population have fled the country, an astonishing 4.7 million people.Venezuelans [...] More
The Cipher Brief's OSINT Trend Line Report

The Cipher Brief's OSINT Trend Line Report

The Cipher Brief’s NEW Open Source Collection Report (OSINT) uses open source data to track trends around the world that impact national and global [...] More

Climate Change, Iran, Dominate Headlines at 2019 UN General Assembly

Bottom Line Up FrontAt the 2019 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which kicked off this week, topics including Iran’s attack on Saudi Arabia [...] More

Waning Interest in Venezuela?

Bottom Line Up FrontAs it becomes more evident that Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro will remain in power, the Trump administration seems to have [...] More

The U.S.- Russian Venn Diagram

Tuesday’s meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia, was the result of a [...] More