Venezuela on the brink

A brazen attack on a military barracks is stoking fears that the South American country is hurling towards civil war.

Venezuela remains an unsettling 'tinderbox,' with the beleaguered government of President Nicolás Maduro distributing weapons to devoted supporters in the face of spiralling anti-government protests, such as this one earlier in the spring, and the threat of mutiny among the military rank and file, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Nelson Dordelly Rosales

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

August 10, 2017

There are two stories about the assault on Fuerte Paramacay military barracks in Carabobo state on Sunday. The Venezuelan government says that half of the 20 attackers were killed or captured, and the rest are being hunted down. Sgt. Giomar Flores, who defected from the Venezuelan navy in June and n...

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