Nicolás Maduro

Separated by ideology, we carried on with our lives in starkly different places, each sticking to the truth we'd chosen to listen to, unable to see the other's reality.

Workers unload medicines and disposable medical supplies from a cargo plane after landing at Simon Bolivar International Airport on May 16th, 2019, in Maiquetia, Venezuela.

Supporters of Juan Guaidó gather to demonstrate against the government of Nicolás Maduro in a vigil on May 5th, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela.

A student standing in a tree displays a Venezuelan flag during a rally in support of opposition leader Juan Guaidó on May 2nd, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela.

As a result of repeated outages, millions of Venezuelans have suffered increasing shortages on basic supplies and services or have lost water completely in the past two weeks.

Diplomatic relationships between Venezuela and the U.S. have been tense for decades, and this is hardly the first time ties have been severed.

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for Venezuela arrive in Cucuta, Colombia, a city on the Venezuelan border, on February 7th, 2018.

A young demonstrator writes slogans on the pavement during a protest against the government of President Nicolás Maduro in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2nd, 2019.

President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro gives a speech to his supporters from the Balcón del Pueblo of the Miraflores Government Palace on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Invoking the bloody history of regime change in the region, 10 countries signed a document rejecting military intervention in Venezuela.

Nicolás Maduro's government is taking desperate steps to try stop the bleeding in the country's economy.

President Daniel Ortega has seen his popularity plummet in conjunction with the economic hardships faced by his most ardent financial supporter.

While many are calling for regime change in the embattled country, two foreign policy experts breakdown why Nicolás Maduro may hang on to power for the foreseeable future.

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Life under Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian regime is likely to continue as Venezuela heads into a presidential election this Sunday.

"No to the Maduro circus. The candidate Maduro promises to solve the problems that the President Maduro could not."

Analysts worry the White House's aggressive posturing will unwittingly boost Venezuela's embattled administration.