A quiet revolution in Venezuela’s regime

A prosecutor who put away Venezuela’s most popular opposition figure has come clean on his role in the sham trial. His defection might turn a key election and be a model for those working in any authoritarian regime. One rule for people involved in nonviolent campaigns against a brutal and corrupt leader is to always maintain one’s innocence. The hope is that this moral stance will touch the conscience of people in the regime and compel them to defect. A powerful example of this just happened in Venezuela – and at a critical time. Despite near-authoritarian rule in Venezuela, the country holds parliamentary elections Dec. 6 that could mark the end for embattled President Nicolás Maduro. More…