The Rev. Numa Molina, a Jesuit priest, has championed the poor for decades. Now, he is a power broker and a confidant of Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolás Maduro.

American adversaries are unlikely to help President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela fend off a concerted attack. But they have made toppling him harder.

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What’s the main goal of the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, and who in the Trump administration is behind it? Anatoly Kurmanaev, a New York Times reporter who covered Venezuela, discusses with Katrin Bennhold what we know and don’t know.