Maduro’s new consolidation strategy seeks to eliminate the opposition — and will hurt Venezuela

WHEN THE Soviet Union moved to impose Communist dictatorships on Central European nations after World War II, it faced the problem that several of them, including Czechoslovakia and Poland, previously had been functioning democracies with a range of political parties. Solution: The Soviets created Potemkin parties to compete with the Communists in rigged elections. Seventy-five years later, Venezuela’s rulers have embraced the same strategy for consolidating their own dictatorship, which they call the “socialism of the 21st century.” By Editorial Board. Full Text-> TheWashington Post

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