Venezuela: How Maduro Is Slipping Through the Cracks of US Politics

‘Historically it has been a friend of the United States,’ foreign policy analyst Victoria Coates says. ‘I think we’re really wasting a huge opportunity here.’

President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug. 2, 2024. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

Analysis

With only 73 days until Vice President Kamala Harris faces off against former President Donald Trump on Nov. 5, and with a lame-duck president in Joe Biden, Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolás Maduro, could be forgiven for thinking time is on his side.