The story of regime-change brain Carlos Vecchio’s rise through elite US institutions and the oil industry captures the essence of Venezuela’s opposition. By Anya Parampil and Diego Sequera (Puede leer este artículo en español aquí.) May 24th was a day of hard-earned celebration for Carlos Vecchio, the man tasked with leading the Trump administration’s coup attempt in Venezuela from the US capital. His face was largely obscured in the grainy Twitter video of the moment he and his gaggle leaned … Continue reading From Exxon to ‘ambassador’: How Carlos Vecchio became Venezuela’s top coup lobbyist