VENEZUELA’S POLITICAL and humanitarian
crisis, which has long been desperate and deadly, this week tipped toward the
surreal. On Tuesday, a helicopter swooped over the Supreme Court and interior
ministry, dropping grenades and firing shots; President Nicolás Maduro called
it a U.S.-backed coup attempt. But no one was injured in the incident, and when
the pilot of the helicopter turned out to be an actor who has played a police
commando in the movies — and who has yet to be detained by authorities —
opposition leaders understandably wondered whether the incident was
orchestrated by Mr. Maduro. More…
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