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…
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