What's Next for Venezuela? Crisis and Isolation
What's Next for Venezuela? Crisis and Isolation
"The [Venezuelan] opposition is going to try to set up a parallel government in a bid for international recognition. Maduro will likely overreact by tossing the leaders in jail," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
President Nicolás Maduro's government held a vote Sunday that will replace the opposition-controlled National Assembly with an entirely new legislature known as the Constituent Assembly filled with his supporters...
One of the top leaders in Maduro's administration, Diosdado Cabello, said the Constituent Assembly would take power in 72 hours, and that it would establish a "truth commission" to prosecute political opponents.
Police tactics may get heavier, too. On Sunday, police motorcycle brigades fired tear gas, and video surfaced showing law enforcement beating up an unarmed man....
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"The opposition is going to try to set up a parallel government in a bid for international recognition. The government will likely overreact by tossing the leaders in jail. It's a downward spiral," says Eric Farnsworth, vice president at the Council of the Americas, a business association...
