Venezuela

Observers assume Maduro will try to stay in power at all costs if he loses. But that would be highly risky for him and his allies.

The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will probably remain in power after elections scheduled for late July. But the past few weeks have been unusually positive ones for Venezuela’s opposition. The faintest glimmers of optimism have begun to appear due to events unfolding in ways that have caught the Maduro regime off guard.

With sanctions reimposed, the election deal that provided some cautious optimism to Venezuela’s opposition has unraveled entirely.