Nicol¨¢s Maduro has gotten what he wants. For now.
Following the playbook of autocratic leaders before him, Venezuela¡¯s president launched a campaign of repression against his own people in an attempt to squelch an opposition movement not seen since the rise of his idol Hugo Ch¨¢vez over two decades ago.
He ordered the arrest of opposition leaders and aides, who presented evidence of his monumental loss in the July election.
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