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'The Deserter' (book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Deserter’

By Paul Davis

A woman watches the celebration rally of the 20th anniversary of the Venezuelan Constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela charges 4 anti-Maduro lawmakers with rebellion

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US officials downgrade Venezuelan aviation safety rating

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In this Nov. 8, 2019 photo, Venezuelan soldiers, who took part in a failed April rebellion against Nicolas Maduro, stand in a prayer circle inside Panama's Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. The group of 16 Venezuelan guardsmen who were holed up for seven months in the foreign embassy after revolting against Maduro said they have managed to flee the country. (AP Photo)

AP Exclusive: Troops that defied Maduro have fled Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019 file photo, opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido speaks during a citizen assembly at a square in the neighborhood of El Paradiso in Caracas, Venezuela. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, the opposition-controlled National Assembly at the last minute scratched a schedule debate on a $350 million credit from a regional development bank to address an electricity emergency that has left much of western Venezuela in the dark from blackouts for months. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Maduro’s foes balk at UN-backed deal to address power crisis

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, the bones of an animal lie on a rock during a scientific mission to study how temperatures and plant life are changing in the Andean ecosystem known as the paramos, a mist-covered mountain grassland that lies between the top of the treeline and the bottom of the Humboldt glacier, in Merida, Venezuela. A team of scientists in Venezuela is trying to weather the political and economic crisis engulfing their country to record what happens as Venezuela's last glacier vanishes. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Hardy scientists trek to Venezuela’s last glacier amid chaos

By CHRISTINA LARSON and FEDERICA NARANCIO - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 photo, Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman is made to face the press as he's escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. Guzman's second prison escape in 2015 from a top security prison though a tunnel had embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto and made his capture a national priority. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Rio Treaty nations move to further isolate Venezuela

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Cuba accuses US of violating Vienna Conventions

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2019 photo, street vendors wait for customers in &quot;Las Pulgas&quot; market in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In Maracaibo, located in Venezuela’s western Zulia state along the Colombian border, many residents say they’ve abandoned political marches, lacking faith in leaders or fearing for their personal safety. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Many in Venezuela’s 2nd city turn to prayer, not politics

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Professor who wrote corruption book charged with laundering

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Opposition politician Juan Guaido raises his right fist as he greets supporters at a rally, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Guaido called nationwide demonstrations to re-ignite a campaign against President Nicolas Maduro launched in January that has lost steam in recent months. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan opposition struggling for momentum against Maduro

By SCOTT SMITH and JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

EDS NOTE : SPANISH LAW REQUIRES THAT THE FACES OF MINORS ARE MASKED IN PUBLICATIONS WITHIN SPAIN - FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal walks out of prison accompanied by unidentified family members in Estremera, outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Spanish police said Wednesday Nov. 13, 2019, they have been unable to locate Venezuelan former spymaster Carvajal, wanted by the United States for extradition on charges of drug trafficking. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, FILE)

Spanish court says wanted Venezuelan spy still missing

By CIARAN GILES - Associated Press

A man holding a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: &quot;No more dictatorship,&quot; takes part in a demonstration led by opposition politician Juan Guaido, who’s urging masses into the streets to force President Nicolas Maduro from power, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Guaido called nationwide demonstrations to re-ignite a campaign against Maduro launched in January that has lost steam in recent months. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela’s Guaidó leads thousands in anti-Maduro protest

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Juan Guaido, Venezuelan opposition leader, and self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, adjusts the helmet on a motorcycle driver as he is driven from the Central University of Venezuela after a meeting with students, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nation back into the streets

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Oil tankers ‘go dark’ off Venezuela to evade US sanctions

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, anti-government protesters run from police spraying water cannons where a street barricade burns, set by demonstrators, in Santiago, Chile. From Honduras to Chile, popular frustration with anemic economic growth, entrenched corruption and gaping inequality is driving the region’s middle classes to rebel against incumbents of all ideological bents in what has been dubbed by some the Latin American Spring. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Latin America burns as economic hardship sparks rage of protesters

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, right, talks to Cyprus' Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, left, and Malta's Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela during an European Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. European Union foreign ministers are discussing ways to keep the Iran nuclear deal intact after the Islamic Republic began enrichment work at its Fordo power plant. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU extends Venezuela sanctions for a year

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Guyanese Attorney General Basil Williams says administration aims to use oil resources wisely

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, Yenika Calderon, 41, holds her 10-month-old baby Gael, while standing inside her apartment with suitcases packed with personal belongings to sell at a secondhand market, in Caracas, Venezuela. Deciding that it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland of Venezuela, Calderon hopes the money she makes will give her young family a fresh start far away in Spain. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets

By CAMILLE RODRÍGUEZ MONTILLA - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2019 photo, Yenika Calderon, 41, holds her 10-month-old baby Gael, while standing inside her apartment with suitcases packed with personal belongings to sell at a secondhand market, in Caracas, Venezuela. Deciding that it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland of Venezuela, Calderon hopes the money she makes will give her young family a fresh start far away in Spain. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets

By CAMILLE RODRÍGUEZ MONTILLA - Associated Press