The rapid-succession rulings by the Supreme Court suggest the equilibrium is tilting in Venezuela and that Maduro feels confident enough to cement his rule while the opposition has been effectively silenced by coronavirus.Until at least March 2020, Venezuela lived through a sort of institutional limbo: on one side was Maduro, who has ruled the country since 2013 and who is accused of rigging election after election and transforming his presidency in a dictatorship. "I don't see the logic behind the government's push," she said. Junte suprême de Caracas. On Monday, the same happened to the second-largest opposition party, Acción Democrática.
Après plusieurs semaines de voyage en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, le président intérimaire est revenu à Caracas, accueilli par ses soutiens et une délégation diplomatique européenne.Finalement, c’est en provenance du Portugal, sur un vol de la compagnie TAP que le président intérimaire du Venezuela, Juan Guaido, reconnu par plus de 50 pays, a atterri à l’aéroport Simon Bolivar à 21h54, ce mardi 11 février. On the other side was Juan Guaidó, the leader of the National Assembly who the US and tens of other countries recognize as the legitimate interim president as long as Maduro stays in power.Guaidó had no authority in Caracas, but he had the support of the international community, exemplified by when he was invited as a guest to President Trump's State of the Union address in February.Coronavirus changed all of that: Suddenly political and institutional clashes were pushed aside and Maduro asserted himself as the person in charge of combatting the pandemic.He issued curfews, received medical aid from China, and started appearing on television detailing measures and announcing new cases and deaths almost every day.With a population in lockdown to prevent virus spread, the opposition could no longer organize street protests or even gather in person at the National Assembly. "To date, Venezuela has registered less than 3,500 coronavirus cases and only 28 deaths, although experts doubt the reliability of those figures as the country's health system is in disarray and has limited capacity to perform Covid-19 tests.Luisa Ortega Diaz, a former attorney general turned Maduro's foe, told CNN she could not believe the success story painted by the government. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. sauf à faire du Venezuela un protectorat Américain.prise de position audacieuse de ce journal ! Son voyage en Amérique du Nord semble avoir été plus fructueux, au moins en termes de symboles. Liste chronologique des présidents de la République du Venezuela (1811-1812, 1813-1819, 1830-1999) puis des présidents de la République bolivarienne du Venezuela (depuis 1999). "It's pretty clear that Maduro took advantage of the pandemic," Geoff Ramsey, a Venezuela expert at the think tank Washington Office for Latin America, told CNN.