Venezuela is fast becoming a 'mafia state': here's what you need to know
- Written by Anthea McCarthy-Jones, Lecturer, UNSW
Last week, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for his second six-year term as Venezuela’s president. Maduro won the election off the back of international condemnation of vote buying and electoral fraud. While the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, called Venezuela’s government “illegitimate”, Maduro declared:
Venezuela is...
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