“Things are never so bad that they can’t get worse,” is the kind of humorous fatalism William Neuman encountered in Venezuela while he was a New York Times bureau chief for the Andes region from 2012 to 2016.
By Patrick Duddy in The National Interest Allowing long-term diplomatic vacancies does not advance U.S. interests and sends a message of indifference to countries that are important to our own well-being and prosperity.
