A fourth scenario for Maduro

A fourth scenario for Maduro’s downfall is an internal rebellion by an influential figure or faction within the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). This could happen if Chavistas decided to sacrifice Maduro due to the country’s dire situation in order to preserve the ideology of Chavismo and Bolivarian socialism of the 21st centu

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Cuban and Nicaraguan dictators

According to opposition data, González actually won two-thirds of the vote, while Maduro secured only one-third. On the day of Maduro’s inauguration, opposition leader María Corina Machado, who had been barred from running for president, remained defiant, accusing Maduro’s government of trampling the Venezuelan constitution with the help of t

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Anyone wishing to meet the imam

Anyone wishing to meet the imam could simply approach the majlis. The common titles used by the public to address the imam included Saud, Abu Abdullah, and Abu al-Shawarib. The majlis was always enriched with the recitation of the Qur’an, discussions of Hadith, interpretations, and cultural insights from the scholars of the court. Imam Saud would

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included in any peace talks

CEPA says that “Ukraine and Europe” must be included in any peace talks with Russia, that the U.S. should support “a European-led coalition of the willing” to enforce any “ceasefire line with an international force,” and that “European allies must make consistent and as rapid as possible progress toward Ukraine’s accession to the Eu

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and China’s territorial claims

Indonesia had always insisted that China’s so-called nine-dash line, which it uses on its maps to claim historic rights over most of the South China Sea, has no legal basis, as seen in a note verbale to the United Nations in May 2020. Indonesia realized the mistake and issued a correction two days later, saying mutual recognition of differences a

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