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Venezuela. What's next?
Journalist Ekaterina Bazanova explains what is happening in the region after famous events
On the air of Novaya Gazeta is journalist Ekaterina Bazanova, who lives in Latin America and explains what is happening in the region after the events in Venezuela.
Why did the arrest of Nicolas Maduro cause jubilation among the Venezuelan diaspora, but almost nothing changed inside the country? Who now rules Venezuela, what happens to political prisoners, and why doesn’t “democratization” happen automatically? We also discuss:
why do countries in the region have the feeling that “anyone could be next” Marco Rubio’s role in the new US policy Cuba, Mexico and Colombia as potential targets of pressure Venezuela oil as the main resource and reason for intervention China’s interests and the US attempt to oust it from the region