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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga) ** FILE **

Daniel Ortega Nicaragua crackdown forces Silvio Baez into exile

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

FILES - This combination of file photos shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on March 23, 2019 addressing supporters at an anti-imperialist rally, left, and self-proclaimed interim president of the country, Juan Guaidó, speaking to his supporters on Feb. 12, 2019 at a demonstration against Maduro's government, both in Caracas, Venezuela. Normalcy elsewhere in the world doesn't fit Venezuela, where two men say they are president. (AP Photos/Natacha Pisarenko and Ariana Cubillos, File)

After years of crisis, Venezuelans wonder what is ‘normal’

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by the International Red Cross, volunteers load into waiting vehicles the first shipment of humanitarian aid from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The Red Cross announced in late March that it had obtained permission from officials to begin delivering assistance to the crisis-stricken country. (International Committee of the Red Cross via AP)

First Red Cross aid distributed in crisis-torn Venezuela

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019, file photo, national security adviser John Bolton speaks to the Venezuelan American community in Miami. The Trump administration is poised to step up pressure on Cuba by allowing lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island’s 1959 revolution. The move marks a change in more than two decades of U.S. policy on Cuba. It could deal a severe blow to Cuba’s efforts to draw foreign investment, and spawn international trade disputes between the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Trump to allow lawsuits over US properties seized in Cuba

By DEB RIECHMANN and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

China says US treats Latin American like its ‘backyard’

Associated Press

People hold a Venezuelan flag and the Spanish message: &quot;Venezuelans demand military intervention,&quot; on the sidelines of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday, April 10 to the U.N. Security Council that the Trump administration is determined to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, preferably through diplomatic and economic pressure, but repeated the apparent threat of military action by adding that &quot;all options are on the table.&quot; (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Canada hits Venezuelan government with more sanctions

By JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

Juan Guaidó, opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, sits on a boat with staff members before crossing Maracaibo Lake to reach the town of Cabimas, Venezuela where he will lead a rally, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Guaidó was forced to take the boat in order to outmaneuver police roadblocks and reach throngs of supporters waiting to hear him speak. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Support strong for Guaidó in devastated Venezuelan oil city

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ - Associated Press

Opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks to supporters during a rally to protest outages that left most of the country scrambling for days in the dark in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 6, 2019. Rival political factions are taking the streets across Venezuela in a mounting struggle for control of the crisis-wracked nation recently hit by crippling blackouts. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

EDITORIAL: Confusion in the Caribbean invites meddling in Venezuela

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, greets a young Venezuelan migrant at a migrant shelter, as he's given a tour by Colombian Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez, behind, and Colombian President Ivan Duque, not in picture, in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Pompeo is on a four-day Latin American tour, making his final stop at the Colombian border to meet with representatives of Venezuelan refugees. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

US Secretary of State visits Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

By MARKO ALVAREZ and FERNANDO VERGARA - Associated Press

A Guardia Civil van believed to be taking Venezuelan Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal to prison leaves the National Court in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, April 13, 2019 after an extradition hearing. Venezuela's longtime spy chief has been arrested in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a United States warrant for allegedly trafficking tons of cocaine. Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for more than a decade advised late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and headed the country's security apparatus, recently became the most influential military figure to declare his loyalty to opposition leader Juan Guaido. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Venezuela’s ex-spy chief fights extradition from Spain to US

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

In this Saturday, April 6, 2019 photo, supporters of opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido march to protest outages that left most of the country scrambling for days in the dark in Caracas, Venezuela. Rival political factions are taking the streets across Venezuela in a mounting struggle for control of the crisis-wracked nation recently hit by crippling blackouts. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Report claims Cuban, Russian military aid prop up Venezuelan regime

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Chile's President Sebastian Piñera and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pose for photos at La Moneda Palace, in Santiago, Chile, Friday, April 12, 2019. Pompeo met Friday with Piñera to address, mainly, the vast crisis that afflicts Venezuela in the first round of a tour that includes Paraguay, Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Pompeo: China financing of Maduro prolongs Venezuela crisis

By EVA VERGARA - Associated Press

Chile's President Sebastian Pi&#241;era and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pose for photos at La Moneda Palace, in Santiago, Chile, Friday, April 12, 2019. Pompeo met Friday with Pi&#241;era to address, mainly, the vast crisis that afflicts Venezuela in the first round of a tour that includes Paraguay, Peru and Colombia. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Pompeo: Foreign intervention ‘helped destroy’ Venezuela

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, United Socialist Party of Venezuela lawmaker Hugo Carvajal speaks during an interview at the National Assembly administrative offices, in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela’s longtime spy chief was arrested Friday, April 12, 2019 in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a United States warrant for the alleged trafficking of tons of cocaine. Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for more than a decade advised Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez and headed the country’s security apparatus, recently became the most influential military figure to declare his loyalty to opposition leader Juan Guaidó.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela’s ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Treasury sanctions Venezuelan business to isolate Maduro

Associated Press

World Bank President David Malpass speaks at a news conference during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

IMF, WB ready to respond to Venezuelan humanitarian crisis

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 28, 2017 file photo, prison guards stand on the roof of the Ramo Verde military prison in Los Teques, on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. The International Committee of the Red Cross has regained access to visit prisons in Venezuela, including highly guarded military facilities such as Ramo Verde where dozens of inmates considered political prisoners are being held. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Red Cross regains entry to Venezuela jails, military prisons

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

United States Vice President Mike Pence holds a news briefing after addressing the United Nations Security Council on Venezuela, Wednesday April 10, 2019 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pence says US wants Maduro out and ‘all options’ on table

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

United States Vice President Mike Pence, center, address a meeting on Venezuela in the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday April 10, 2019 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The Latest: Maduro calls US vice president ‘ridiculous’

Associated Press

Castro warns Cubans to brace for shortages

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press