Traditional mafia-busting tactics could help solve the crisis in Venezuela
Venezuela
The 1994 “Real Plan” stopped 2,500% inflation, thanks to an ingenious tool that Maduro’s eventual successors may want to replicate.
"The rate of poverty today is higher than when Hugo Chávez first came to power," said AS/COA vice president on Venezuela.
"The rate of poverty today is higher than when Hugo Chávez first came to power," said the AS/COA vice president on Voice of America's Encounter podcast.
"[Maduro] no puede distraerlos [barrios pobres] cuando no saben cuándo van a volver a comer", dijo Guillermo Zubillaga de AS/COA para El Nuevo Herald.
“China is bankrolling Venezuela, and until you can change that relationship, U.S. sanctions are only going to get you part of the way,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to McClatchy.
"They [Maduro’s military] don’t want to turn Guaidó into a martyr, but they’re not above harassing him either," said AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth to McClatchy.