Is There Another Way Out of Venezuela's Crisis?

While the expulsion of Venezuela from the OAS carries relatively remote risk to Venezuela, a declaration that President Nicolas Maduro's government is in violation of the organization's charter would deteriorate relations between the United States and Venezuela further. The decision could also make obtaining loans from international lending organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank or World Bank, even more problematic because of U.S. political pressure. But an option for the government is to find another way out of the crisis. A tentative dialogue involving the United States has begun in the Dominican Republic between representatives of the Venezuelan government and the opposition coalition, though it provides no guarantee that the government and opposition will inevitably reach some arrangement to coexist politically....