Economics
Venezuela’s Maduro Is Doomed? They Said That About Syria’s Assad
- Eight years ago, predictions that he just couldn’t last
- Differences between the two cases but also many similarities
As hundreds of thousands of his citizens took to the street demanding his departure, governments everywhere called on the president to step down. Neighboring states absorbed those who fled, creating a refugee crisis. Its oil was embargoed, its embrace of socialism derided. “This regime is the equivalent of a dead man walking,” a top U.S. official told Congress.
Venezuela in 2019?