State of Emergency Is the Beginning of the End for Venezuela

Jorge Tricás, a Venezuelan political scientist and professor at Andrés Bello Catholic University, tells the PanAm Post that Maduro’s decision to close the border signals the “absurdity of a desperate government.” While the measure remains limited to certain states, Tricás believes a nationwide state of emergency could lead to “the destruction of the country.” One line of thinking is that support for the government has dropped and they’ve lost the public’s approval. According to the polls — which aren’t very reliable, since polls only give you a snapshot — there is every indication that the ruling party could lose in the parliamentary elections in December. While this doesn’t imply a regime change, it would still be a significant blow . More…