Venezuela's socialist starvation regime is still continuing, and with Venezuela's democrats reduced to "negotiating" with the Maduro dictatorship in Norway, let's just say that things aren't going to get any better as they are. The U.S. is in a tough pickle, because it has recognized the government of acting president Juan Guaido at least partly on the practical grounds that that would be enough to get Maduro out of there and might help entice the Venezuelan military to defect to his legitimate government. Thus far, that hasn't happened, at least not sufficiently enough to scare Maduro out of there, one step ahead of the meathook. For Venezuelans, the matter is urgent, because they are starving, dying of minor diseases, and going without gas, water, and electricity - their society is rapidly being reduced to Pol Pot's animal state. For Venezuela's neighbors, such as Colombia and Brazil, the matter is semi-urgent because...(Read Full Post)