Nicolas Maduro Doesn't Really Control Venezuela
And removing him from office won’t ease the country’s misery.
by Moisés Naím
May 25, 2017
3 minutes
It's hard to pick the Venezuelan president’s greatest flaw. Which is more serious: his cruel indifference to the suffering of his people, or his brutal autocratic behavior? Which is more outrageous: his immense ignorance or the fact that he dances on television while his henchmen murder defenseless young protesters in the streets? The list of Nicolas Maduro’s failings is long, and Venezuelans know it; of them oppose him. And it's not just Venezuelans. The rest of the —at last!—his despotic, corrupt, and inept character.
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