How the opposition in Venezuela could bring down Maduro

So the idea here is that Ortega could stand up to what is clearly an illegal power grab by Maduro (a constitutional assembly requires a vote which hasn’t happened) and thereby create public space for more opposition to the President. Ultimately, it will come down to what the military decides to do. But as the case of Luisa Ortega demonstrates, people aren’t locked into one political position forever. Sometimes things get bad enough that they change their minds. More…