World Insights: Oil, power and uncertain fate of Venezuela

"What Washington would like, in essence, is to establish something akin to a Roman imperial consulate: installing a compliant, allied figure -- possibly a puppet -- subordinated to U.S. authority," said political scientist Jaime Tamayo from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico.

CARACAS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- After explosions rocked Venezuela's capital, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his