A Hegemonic State Takes Shape in Venezuela
The consolidation of a totalitarian regime poses a dilemma to the opposition: continue the electoral strategy or find an elusive new approach.
CARACAS — Right now, Venezuela is a country of anguish and uncertainty. The exile to Spain of Edmundo González Urrutia, the widely recognized winner of the July 28 election, has taken a toll on the mood of a nation that feels that without democracy, there will be no future, while Nicolás Maduro's regime tries to consolidate its hold on power by hook or by crook. To leave behind its electoral debacle, the government is seeking to "normalize" the new situation, and from Miraflores, the presidential palace, Maduro and his dictatorial inner circle are dialing up repression. It seems...
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