What’s next for Venezuela?
In this epic Latin American tragedy, the task ahead is not only to rebuild a democracy that has been destroyed. It is also to rebuild an economy, a society, and a country
Last Friday, as expected, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third term as Venezuela’s president. The regime he presides lacks both domestic and international legitimacy. It has been reduced to a virtual police state, relying on repression and terror to keep itself in power. The inauguration was a travesty. It was fitting that only two Latin American presidents attended: Daniel Ortega and Miguel Díaz-Canel, Maduro’s fellow dictators in the region.
