Why can Trump's maximum-pressure policy against Maduro put Colombia and the region in check?

In yet another episode of his global economic war, the U.S., hand in hand with Donald Trump, again tightens the rope on Venezuela by overturning the timid easing of sanctions that his predecessor, Joe Biden, implemented in an attempt to balance his own geopolitical game.

The most recent is the imposition of a 15% tariff on Venezuelan imports, starting on April 5th; 5% more than the rest of Latin America. Opposition political leaders divide themselves in favor of and against the measures and their effectiveness for political change. Analysts believe that Donald Trump’s policy towards Venezuela is part of a “maximum pressure” strategy coordinated with María Corina Machado’s leadership against Miraflores, but that …

In the supermarkets of Caracas, people are in a hurry to spend their bolívars. Not because they abound but because of the fear that the new measures of Donald Trump against Venezuela will accelerate inflation again and rekindle the economic crisis from which the country was just beginning to emerge. For THE TIME “If you are going to pay in dollars, you can give me the ticket and I pay in bolívars,” one woman tells a young woman who is about to p…

Study revealed that 46.5 percent seek to emigrate from Venezuela. Inflation, among the other keys.

The policy of maximum pressure, reinstated by the US government against Venezuela, can only have two results: Provoking political changes or simultaneously punishing the government and the population, without a real hope of transformation.The entry Luis Vicente León: Only two results can have the policy of maximum pressure of the USA #2Apr was first published in El Impulso.