The next steps for Venezuela

VENEZUELA’S ELECTION on Sunday produced a huge victory for those who believe that democracy can provide a path out of the country’s profound crisis. Despite deeply unfair conditions, an opposition coalition recorded a landslide victory over the regime of President Nicolás Maduro, giving it a commanding majority in the National Assembly. That could open the way to political negotiations and the adoption of desperately needed measures to save a major oil producer from economic collapse — if Mr. Maduro and other political heirs of the late Hugo Chávez will cooperate. More..