I have compiled a list of articles that can help put the pieces together on the most recent episode in the Venezuelan crisis:
1) Why Regime Change Is Now On the Table in Venezuela: wapo.st/2RBsWNr by Patricia Laya
2) Venezuela’s Lessons for American Socialists: bloom.bg/2WBohyR by Noah Smith
3) Trump Makes the Right Decision for Venezuela: bloom.bg/2Wyyxbj by Eli Lake
4) World Venezuela’s crisis in 5 charts: wapo.st/2WBnFJC by Siobhán O’Grady,
Chris Alcantara and Armand Emamdjomeh
5) Venezuela: A path out of misery: brook.gs/2WGFCGD by Dany Bahar, Ted Piccone and Harold Trinkunas
6) Venezuela: how Latin American tolerance of illiberalism let a nation slide into crisis: bit.ly/2WEiqsL by Tom Long
7) The Chavista Revolution Has Come Full Circle: nyti.ms/2WCMJjw by Virginia López-Glass
8) Democrats should stand for democracy in Venezuela — and democratic values in America: wapo.st/2WwFzgy Chris Murphy and Ben Rhodes
9) Venezuela is how ‘illiberal democracy’ ends: wapo.st/2WDsToo by Anne Applebaum
10) Opinion: Foreign Forces Did Not Start Venezuela’s Transition. Venezuela Did: n.pr/2WEsuBS by Javier Corrales
11) Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe: nyti.ms/2WEjywv by Bret Stephens
12) The Venezuelan Opposition’s High-Stakes Assault on Maduro: fam.ag/2WDt3Mw by Harold Trinkunas
13) Venezuela Unraveled: bit.ly/2WE2C9q by Foreign Policy
14) The battle for Venezuela’s future: econ.st/2WG8fEa Michael Reid
15) Venezuela’s Best Path to Democracy? Pay Off the Military: nyti.ms/2WCZEBX by Michael Albertus
16) How South America Ceded the Field in Venezuela: fam.ag/2WDN5q5 Oliver Stuenkel
17) The U.S. Needs to Stay Out of Venezuela: nyti.ms/2WCZLNT by Patrick Iber
18) The Quick Read on Venezuela’s Political Crisis: bit.ly/2WG8IpU by Ian Bremmer
19) The Importance of Recognition in Venezuela: bit.ly/2WDNxEN by Elsy González
20) Venezuela’s Global Deadlock: bit.ly/2WEP39G by Andrés Serbin and Andrei Serbin Pont
21) Great move. Well played. What next?: bit.ly/2WFgmAx by Christopher Sabatini
22) Beginning the endgame in Venezuela: bit.ly/2WFgJLr by Robert Evan Ellis
23) Special Venezuela Dossier http://www.cries.org/?p=5001 by CRIES
24) I Commanded the U.S. Military in South America. Deploying Soldiers to Venezuela Would Only Make Things Worse: bit.ly/2RwMvGV by Admiral James Stavridis
25) Venezuela’s Opposition Leader, U.S. Embark On Risky Strategy For Military Uprising: n.pr/2RwMVgt John Otis with John Polga and David Smilde
26) Will Venezuela’s military back — or abandon — Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will consider: wapo.st/2Rxx2q4 by Eva Bellin and David Berlin-Pion
27) The other January 23rd: bit.ly/2Rk3Tyh by Maria Puerta-Riera