Venezuela’s instability has far broader implications. Here’s what’s at stake
Venezuela seems locked in a downward political and economic spiral. But what happens in Venezuela has far broader implications for international security.
“Here you must not speak badly about Chávez” — this was the message on banners at the Colombia-Venezuela border bridge I crossed recently on a research trip. It was just one of the signs of the exponential jump in authoritarianism in Venezuela, and the continued unraveling of the regime.
Last Saturday, Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega, a critic of the government of President Nicolás Maduro, was dismissed. On Sunday, a military uprising left one dead and several injured, then other military dissidents used social media to call for other soldiers to disobey the president.… Seguir leyendo »