Leonardo Flores
Leonardo Flores is a Latin American policy expert and campaigner with CodePink.
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Views Tuesday, January 12, 2021 The Trump Administration's Parting Outrage Against Cuba On January 11, in his final days before leaving office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added one parting blow to the series of bludgeons his administration has inflicted on Cuba for four years: putting the island on the list of “state sponsors of terror” that includes only Iran, North Korea and... Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 10, 2020 Low Turnout, but Free, Elections in Venezuela Are a Blow to Regime Change Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, November 10, 2020 A Triumphant Return to Power for Bolivia’s Social Movements Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Bolivia on November 8 to celebrate the inauguration of President Luis Arce. They would celebrate again the next day, as former president Evo Morales re-entered the country almost a year to the day after his government was overthrown in a coup... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 08, 2020 Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America Election season is a difficult time to develop good policies towards Latin America, since both Democrats and Republicans cater to the small, but organized, conservative factions of the Latinx community in Florida, vying for their votes. But if Biden wins the White House, there is a chance to... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 09, 2020 Biden and Trump on Venezuela: Two Sides of the Same Coin The Biden campaign held an online event on Wednesday, July 8 pitched as the former Vice President’s “vision for Venezuela and Venezuelans in the U.S.” Spoiler alert: his vision for Venezuela barely differs from President Trump. This event, which didn’t merit an appearance from Biden himself, was... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Bolton Weaves a Tall Tale in his Venezuela Chapter From the first paragraph of “Venezuela Libre”, the ninth chapter of John Bolton’s upcoming book, The Room Where It Happened, it is obvious that the tale Bolton spins is full of fabrications, half-truths, propaganda and the occasional kernel of truth. The chapter is a 35-page screed in which the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures the Sick Worldwide A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced another tightening of the sanctions screws. This time he targeted seven Cuban entities, including Fincimex, one of the... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 11, 2020 Botched Infiltration of Venezuela Leaves Guaidó Tainted Beyond Repair The latest chapter in the ongoing effort to overthrow the Venezuelan government reads like a bad spy thriller: a group of mercenaries piloted speedboats from Colombia to Venezuela; half of them were killed or captured by Venezuelan security forces immediately upon landing, while the other half—... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Threatening Military Intervention in Venezuela During a Pandemic? Unbeknownst to most Americans—and as we are grapple with this terrifying pandemic—the Trump administration is currently carrying out the largest military operation in Latin America in 30 years, and has made it clear that alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorism” is the target. It’s worth noting that the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 07, 2020 The U.S. Should Fight COVID, Not Venezuela On April 1, the Trump administration hijacked a COVID-19 press conference to announce the deployment of U.S. Navy vessels and other military assets towards Venezuela. According to Defense Secretary Mark Esper , “included in this force package are Navy destroyers and littoral combat ships, Coast... Read more |