As His Soldiers Fled Wildly, Maduro's Vulnerability Was Exposed

  • President Maduro unharmed after attempted drone attack
  • Socialist party convened a rally to show support for Maduro
Maduro Unharmed in Drone Attack
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Just three hours after a drone carrying explosives detonated over Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a parade Saturday, the first suspects were already in questioning. By Sunday evening, a half-dozen had been whisked away.

All of which has led Maduro’s critics to fret publicly that his authoritarian regime is just using the incident as a convenient excuse to further repress the long-suffering people of Venezuela. And they may be right.