Venezuela’s crisis: queues today, coup tomorrow?
«Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s increasingly unpopular left-wing president, is rattled. On Sunday he had the owners of a chain-store arrested, blaming them for causing long queues. But scapegoating shopkeepers will not alleviate the shortages of basic goods that have spread across the country. These are a consequence of misguided policies, compounded by the slump in the price of oil, which is almost Venezuela’s only export. Mr Maduro has recoiled from measures to steady the economy, including devaluing the bolívar and raising the price of ultra-cheap petrol. This makes more likely a default on Venezuela’s foreign debt by the end of the year. And a political crack-up could come much sooner: if the opposition wins parliamentary elections this year it could vote to hold a referendum to oust Mr Maduro from office in 2016. Venezuelans fear that the autocratic regime will respond by increasing repression - or that social unrest will trigger a coup.»The Economist Espresso via e-mail
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