Maduro had decided to go full dictatorship with a new body of hand-picked delegates who will formalize his dictatorial powers over the objections of the vast majority of people. But Maduro doesn't have the apparatus of absolute power--yet--to enforce that power over serious opposition.
After a sham election validating Maduro's absolute power grab, the government arrested two key opposition leaders.
Strategypage has more and wonders if the military would obey orders to shoot a massive march of unarmed people to topple Maduro.
If formalizing dictatorial powers doesn't cow the population, we are getting closer to the point where Maduro needs a foreign enemy to divide the opposition by pushing some to rally around Maduro; and to keep the military that might not fully defend Maduro busy with a foreign threat.
The Dutch might want to review their defense plans for their Caribbean islands .
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- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
