Worldcrunch takes a look at the current deterioration in Venezuela, with opposition politicians including the mayor of Caracas, under arrest and the government increasingly unpopular. The decline in oil prices has done wonders to rein in their "21st century socialism."
The article opines President Maduro wants to provoke violent attacks against the government to create a pretext for a military crackdown, with which he can sweep aside what little remains of democracy in Venezuela. Latin America seemingly never tires of caudillos.
