Washington is simultaneously securing long-term access to Venezuela’s enormous oil reserves and tightening the financial noose around Tehran, turning crude oil, the dollar and strategic maritime routes into interconnected instruments of geopolitical power.
Seven months after his dramatic capture by the United States, Nicolás Maduro is disappearing even from the political agenda of the regime he once ruled – Delcy Rodríguez moves closer to Washington, opens Venezuela’s oil economy and negotiates with the opposition while the former strongman awaits trial in a US jail
Athens speaks the language of principles at the UN, while carefully navigating alliances, pressures and quiet diplomatic trade-offs.
