Maduro’s Pyrrhic Victory

The Venezuelan president’s reelection doesn’t save him from the precariousness of his situation.

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Venezuela’s National Electoral Council declared Nicholas Maduro the victor in the country’s July 28 presidential elections. Official results showed he received 51 percent of the vote, while the opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, won 44 percent. The results come as little surprise given that Maduro, now entering his third term, has regularly manipulated elections in […]

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