Opinion

Once a year in Bali everything just stops for the Hindu New Year, a day entirely devoted to silence and self-reflection. The silence of those 24 hours was the best gift I could have asked for on my birthday.

But that doesn't mean the days of diplomacy are over. The Trump administration needs to stay the course with a multilateral approach, combined with sanctions and support for Venezuela's legitimate president and the democracy he represents. And please can we stop playing mind games with Maduro.

As the eyes of the hemisphere are transfixed by Venezuela, it is important not to lose sight of the plight of Nicaragua. The democracies of the region, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the United States have a responsibility and an interest to stay engaged in Nicaragua, too.

What makes someone decide to return to a failed state with two million percent hyperinflation, empty store shelves, flickering lights, a broken health system, and rampant crime. Why would you go back to a place that you escaped from, especially knowing the situation has only gotten worse since you left?

As Venezuela bleeds, the works of Garcia Marquez offer inspiration for a possible path to the peaceful resolution of the horror that is daily life in Venezuela under the Maduro regime.

The inside story of how Jorge Ramos and his team were granted an interview with Nicolás Maduro, and how the Venezuelan leader walked out of the interview, confiscated their equipment, detained them for more than two hours and later forced them to leave the country.

The AMLO honeymoon is in full swing. López Obrador would likely win again if another election were held today. But watch out, because hard times are ahead.

Social media in and outside of Venezuela has blown up with many calling for a US military intervention. While that is completely understandable, it's also completely wrong.

There is zero evidence to conclude Hispanics are assimilating at any slower of a pace than previous waves of immigrants. Still, the furor with which Brokaw’s comment were met seemed disproportionate to the offense.

Refineries located along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas were just about Venezuela’s last source of hard currency. That came to a halt when the Trump administration slapped sanctions on PDVSA in late January 2019.