The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela
News Source : The American Prospect
News Summary
- Henri Falcón was governor of the populous western state of Lara.
- As oil prices and U.S. economic sanctions plunged the country into a harrowing depression, his ambitions grew humbler.
- He announced his presidential candidacy in a somber New York Times op-ed.
- But he was told that the White House saw the elections as by definition illegitimate, because the Supreme Court had banned the “most popular politicians” in the country from running.
- Participating in them was tantamount to collaboration with the Maduro regime.
In 2018, Henri Falcn tried to save Venezuela. As governor of the populous western state of Lara, Falcn had drawn overwhelming electoral victories and admiring profiles in the Western press for his [+45832 chars]
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