Maduro’s Celebrations Mask a Year of Electoral Fraud and Political Isolation

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has declared a ten-day celebration starting July 28 to mark what he calls his “heroic triumph” in last year’s presidential election — a victory widely questioned both domestically and internationally. But these grand musical events and marches are less a sign of political strength than evidence of deepening isolation and democratic decay under his regime. How Much Longer Will Maduro Cloak Authoritarianism in Pageantry? While Maduro paints the celebrations as popular affirmations against "fascism," the reality is starkly different. The elections that handed him power were boycotted by the majority opposition coalition, the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática...