John Otis
Stories
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U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats have done little to stop the flow of illegal drugs
Despite dozens of lethal U.S. military strikes on suspected narco-boats, drug flows continue, allies are alarmed, and Caribbean fishermen say their livelihoods are under threat.
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Venezuela: Maduro's enforcer Cabello still central to power
The ousting of Venezuela's president raised hopes of change — but the politician now controlling the streets shows how little has really shifted.
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Venezuela releases political prisoners days after U.S. removes Nicolas Maduro
Venezuela has begun releasing political prisoners in what the government calls a goodwill gesture, days after the U.S. seized President Nicolás Maduro.
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'The atmosphere is very authoritarian': Venezuela's opposition reels from the sidelines
President Trump sidelined Venezuela's opposition and is working with remnants of the regime led by ousted leader Nicolás Maduro. What's next for the opposition?
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Venezuela's political opposition is unclear about what to do next
President Trump sidelined Venezuela's opposition in his raid of the country and seizure of the president. Where are those leaders now?
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Nicolás Maduro: A former bus driver and Chávez mentee who was overthrown by the U.S.
The rise and fall of a one-time Caracas bus driver to a mentee of the late Hugo Chávez to an autocrat overthrown and extracted by the United States.
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María Corina Machado's daughter accepts her mother's Nobel Peace Prize
María Corina Machado's daughter accepted her mother's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, vowing the embattled Venezuelan opposition leader "will never give up" on a free Venezuela.
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Machado to accept Nobel Peace Prize as her strategy against the regime hardens
As María Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition.
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Lawmakers vow to increase oversight on Trump's military strikes on boats
As tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela continue to intensify, some U.S. lawmakers are concerned at least one of President Trump's boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea may have been a war crime.
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'A giant game of chicken': Trump's Venezuela standoff edges toward conflict
As Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela, any push for regime change risks becoming a costly, dangerous gamble — not the quick fix President Trump might hope for.
