Nicolás Maduro digs in with the help of a pliant Supreme Court
His inner circle is another barrier to compromise
One month after President Nicolás Maduro brazenly stole an election, the consequences still reverberate across Venezuela and the region. Border posts with Brazil teem with people desperate to leave. Inside the country thousands who protested have been targeted by a regime that is now openly hunting down its critics, even as all the major democracies in the region have either rejected the result or called for an impartial audit.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Doubling down”
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