“Venezuelization of Guyana?”, Myind, December 18, 2023:

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”, so said a famous English lexicographer, Dr. Samuel Johnson in 1775.  A deeply flawed politician, in a deeply flawed election in a deeply dysfunctional country, claimed to have won the presidential elections with the help of institutionalized rigging. The international community questioned the authenticity of the elections.

Now that deeply flawed politician is facing another presidential election in the year 2024. Aware that he is facing huge unpopularity, he is taking recourse to the time-tested route. That aphorism by Dr. Samuel Johnson seems to be true for Nicolas Maduro, the dictator cum president of Venezuela.

Having won two presidential terms earlier in disputed and rigged elections that were highly questioned by international observers, Nicolas Maduro is facing elections again in 2024. He is deeply unpopular in Venezuela. Since 2015, seven million Venezuelans have left the country out of a total population of 28 million……”

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