What's Really Saving Venezuela, Mr. Maduro?

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Venezuela has seen two visits by envoys from the Biden administration this year. The key one was a major sanctioning of Pédoveza, the Venezuelan state oil company. And that's what happened over the weekend of the 26th of November when opposition and Maduro side met in Mexico. US government said, right, we will start lifting sanctions. They've allowed Chevron, the US oil giant, to start pumping oil and exporting it to the US.

Waves of protest after a stolen election in 2019 came to nothing. Now, thanks to the luck of geopolitics and petro-economics, President Nicolás Maduro is increasingly back in favour. “Peanuts” blazed a trail for comic strips, but beneath the family-friendly messages were a probing examination of the human condition. And a listen to the soundtracks of the franchise’s small-screen adaptations. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer