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In 2019, Imdat Oner and Lana Shehadeh wrote “In Venezuela, an Isolated Maduro Searches for Allies Across the Globe.” Six years later, amidst rising tensions between Presidents Donald Trump and Nicolás Maduro, we asked them to revisit their arguments. Image: Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2019 article, “In Venezuela, an Isolated Maduro Searches for Allies Across the Globe,” you argue that isolation from the United States and many Latin American neighbors forced Maduro to search for allies in countries that share his authoritarian ideology and common resentment toward Western power and values. Six years later, what has changed about Maduro’s alliance-building strategy? What
