Roots of Venezuela’s crisis run deeper than Chávez, Maduro

Past decades of corruption, mismanagement, and rights violations mean regime change is not a quick fix.

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in September, hosted members of the Lima Group, countries with likeminded views on the crisis in Venezuela, in Toronto last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIISA L. NORTH

November 8, 2017

The Canadian government, the Lima Group to which it belongs, and Venezuela’s opposition have questioned the official results of Venezuela’s gubernatorial elections of Oct. 15 and variously criticized its government for serious human rights violations, massive corruption, and the mismanagement of...

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