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Odds of military coup in Venezuela rise every day Maduro stays in office

  • Written by Clayton Besaw, Political Science Researcher, University of Central Florida

It would be reasonable to expect the worst for Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s embattled president.

Two weeks after Maduro’s re-inauguration, opposition leader Juan Gauidó has declared himself the country’s rightful president. The power struggle follows a failed military mutiny against Maduro, whose easy re-election in...

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