Lights Out
Caracas was plunged into darkness in the middle of a televised speech by President Nicolas Maduro. Many residents are fed up with the government, but officials are looking for a much shadier culprit.
Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez is a fellow at the Comparative Constitutions Project and a weekly columnist for the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal.
Caracas was plunged into darkness in the middle of a televised speech by President Nicolas Maduro. Many residents are fed up with the government, but officials are looking for a much shadier culprit.
Raul Castro’s visit to Venezuela, to prop up the government of Chavez’s handpicked successor amid violent anti-government riots, has caused more resentment than rejoicing.