What Will Venezuela’s Military Do? History Offers Hints
Previous transitions out of dictatorships in Brazil and Chile may provide a roadmap if U.S. pressure prompts Venezuelan generals to act.
More than a year after the Venezuelan opposition showed receipts that their candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, defeated Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box, the end of autocracy in Venezuela seems more possible than at any other moment in recent history. The renewed optimism is driven not by changes from within, but by increased U.S. pressure on Maduro, including President Trump’s threat of using military force within Venezuelan territory. A pressing question now is: How will Venezuela’s military react The National Bolivarian Armed Forces, or FANB for their initials in Spanish,...
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