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In 2018, Fabiana Perera wrote “U.S. Policy Options for Maduro’s Venezuela: Benign Engagement, Not Benign Neglect,” assessing U.S. strategies vis-à-vis Venezuela and engagement in Latin America. With a renewed focus on the region, we invited Fabiana back to reflect on her article.Read more below:Image: Joka Madruga/FlickrIn your 2018 article, “U.S. Policy Options for Maduro’s Venezuela: Benign Engagement, Not Benign Neglect“, you argued that “withholding capital from the regime may be one of the only ways to bring about change.” How does Russia’s increased support of the Nicolás Maduro regime, in the form of 17 new security and energy agreements, affect the efficacy of this