Nicolás Maduro was quick to engage in a rapid, forceful repression of protests—so far he is succeeding
ONE DAY after the opposition announced its final push to oust Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s strongman was determined to show he was back in control. He duly adopted the method his regime knows best: rapid, forceful repression of protests. The early signs are that he is succeeding.
As Wednesday’s protest began, Mr Guaidó told supporters that the end is “just around the corner”. He said that in the coming days a programme of “staggered strikes” would begin, leading up to a national strike at an unspecified date. But there was no sign of any more rebel soldiers joining his side. And Leopoldo López, an opposition leader who had dramatically slipped away from his house arrest to appear next to Mr Guaidó, did not resurface.
Speaking shortly after the start of the demonstration, John Bolton, America’s National Security adviser, claimed that the uprising, planned over many months, had not gone as intended. He said that Maikel Moreno, the head of Venezuela’s supreme court, which has up till now acted as a regime puppet, was expected to declare Mr Maduro’s national constituent assembly illegitimate.
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