AQ’s editor-in-chief dives into the archive of U.S.-Latin America relations, and emerges with four takeaways.

Washington has three ways to provide sanctions relief to the country and PDVSA. The cases of Syria, Sudan, and Iraq serve as historical references.

With Maduro removed, the U.S. faces the difficult task of limiting the influence of China, Russia and Iran without triggering instability.

Volatile relationships with Washington and Caracas are crucial wild cards in the upcoming presidential race.

U.S. pressure may force Mexico’s leaders to make crucial decisions on organized crime, Cuba, and their policy priorities.

Events in Venezuela, Cuba and beyond suggest that a particular brand of leftism is in its twilight in Latin America, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.

Andrés Martínez-Fernández of the Heritage Foundation on what the capture of Nicolás Maduro might mean for the country and beyond.