Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base during the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appears even more isolated this week after losing two regional allies, Honduras and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, at the polls as he confronts Washington’s naval buildup in the Caribbean.
In Honduras, preliminary results from Sunday’s elections have made one thing clear: Candidate Rixi Moncada, the protégé of leftist President Xiomara Castro, has been relegated to a distant third place in the presidential race with little hope of a victory.
Though votes are still being counted, the race has narrowed to two right-leaning candidates who have promised to cut ties w

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