Venezuela: How Maduro Is Slipping Through the Cracks of US Politics

Analysis With only 73 days until Kamala Harris faces off against Donald Trump on Nov. 5, and with a lame duck president in Joe Biden, Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro could be forgiven for thinking time is on his side. Maduro insists he won an election on July 28—despite evidence that proves he lost it—but forcing the socialist dictator out of power does not seem to be high on the list of priorities for any U.S. politician, despite Venezuela generating waves of migrants, many of whom have their eyes set on America. Victoria Coates, the Heritage Foundation’s Vice President for National Security and Foreign Policy, said there was a danger Venezuela would “fall through the cracks” because of the election cycle....