What happens if Maduro goes for the broke and decides to invade Guyana to occupy and annex Essequibo?
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”, so said a famous English lexicographer, Dr Samuel Johnson in 1775. A deeply flawed politician, in a deeply flawed election in a deeply dysfunctional country claimed to have won the presidential elections with the help of institutionalised rigging. The international community questioned the authenticity of the elections. Now that a deeply flawed politician is facing another presidential election in the year 2024, aware that he is facing huge unpopularity, he is taking recourse to the time-tested route. That aphorism by Dr Samuel Johnson seems to be true for Nicolas Maduro, the dictator cum president of Venezuela.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 31, 2023 من The Sunday Guardian.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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