Venezuela Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro has long been a thorn in Wash­ing­ton’s side. Ac­cu­sa­tions of nar­co-ter­ror­ism, rigged elec­tions, and hu­man rights abus­es have shaped the US nar­ra­tive.

A mere two days af­ter call­ing T&T’s Gov­ern­ment “shame­ful” af­ter Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar promised to al­low Unit­ed States mil­i­tary to use T&T as a base if Venezuela in­vades ...