A Way Out of Washington’s Impasse Over Venezuela

Mike Pompeo, 70th United States Secretary of State.

Until now, Norwegian-facilitated negotiations to end Venezuela’s presidential showdown and long-suffering crisis have failed. Nicolás Maduro has yet to be overthrown in Venezuela. U.S. foreign policy towards Venezuela has turned out to be a disaster. To make things worse, President Trump still needs to save face in Venezuela before the presidential election later this year, even if the face-saving comes…