Demise of Mugabe shows how Maduro’s rule might end

From Brazilian agricultural expertise to more general examples about military juntas, Latin America has often provided useful lessons for Africa. Lately, though, the instruction is flowing the other way, at least when it comes to Venezuela.  Indeed, the overthrow of Robert Mugabe in Harare may show how the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas might end one day. The similarities are legion, running from the macroeconomic to the marital. Even Mr Maduro tacitly recognised the parallels when he condemned last month’s coup in Zimbabwe, “this brother country”. More…