July 26, 2024

Will Venezuela’s Maduro Give up Power for Coronavirus Sanctions Relief?

Rayma Courtesy

Stratfor thus maintains its assessment that Maduro’s government will remain in power through the end of 2020, despite the mounting financial strain brought on by U.S. sanctions, the collapse in oil production and now coronavirus-related drops in global oil prices and demand. The more likely timetable for those fissures to metastasize into pushing out Maduro is 2021 or 2022, with the long-term health of Venezuela’s oil industry and oil prices still the most important force that could eventually result in a government transition. by Stratfor Worldview. Full text -> The National Interest

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