Drew Holland Kinney

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This week, Venezuela is in crisis as 35-year-old engineer-turned-politician and head of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó stepped up his attempts to oust Nicolás Maduro from power. After declaring himself “interim president” of Venezuela in January and offering “amnesty” to military officials who turned on regime, Guaidó has now embarked on what he calls the “final phase of Operation Liberty,” an attempt to rally with the military to force Maduro out of power.

Though calling the events in Venezuela a coup is contested — the opposition has largely rejected the term, while Maduro’s regime has used it — Guaidó’s courting of the military to intervene in the political process and overthrow a state’s executive leadership is a textbook case of civilian coup advocacy.…  Seguir leyendo »