Venezuela’s strongman wants better relations with the United States
Nicolás Maduro might even go easier on the opposition in exchange
“HERE WE ARE. Thewinners!” boomed Nicolás Maduro at a televised ceremony on May 20th. It was the third anniversary of what the Venezuelan president describes as his “popular victory”: an election in 2018 which secured him a second presidential term. “The election had such an important impact for us,” agreed his wife, Cilia Flores. She was more right than she perhaps intended to be.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “A scofflaw’s offer”
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