Busy day for Guyana President Irfaan Ali today in Houston. After an opening speech at the Offshore Technology Conference, he visited the Baker Institute at Rice University.
For many in Miami-Dade, Venezuela is still home. Flights return, bringing families closer, but not everyone can return. This moment is not enough. The goal remains a free, democratic Venezuela 🇻🇪
This confrontation between the Venezuelan diaspora and the U.S.-aligned Delcy regime is likely to become one of the key challenges moving forward.
The divide is deep, emotional, and rooted in years of political conflict and displacement. As regime-linked officials increasingly appear at public events—like the one today—these tensions are likely to surface more frequently and visibly.
The Trump administration won't like these scenes messing with the recovery and transition phases.
Four months after January 3, Venezuela is not moving through a democratic transition. Instead, it's moving toward economic normalization without meaningful political conditions—a strategy the government of Rodríguez is pursuing with notable tactical discipline
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