For autocrats like Vladimir Putin, ruthless repression is often a winning way to stay in power

Take Venezuela, for example. There, President Nicolás Maduro has been in power since 2013, and mass protests against his government began in 2015. In a series of damning reports, the United Nations has characterized the Maduro regime’s killing and imprisonment of protesters as “crimes against humanity.” Many countries have imposed increasingly harsh sanctions on Venezuela over many years. By Shelley Inglis. Full Text -> TheConversation

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