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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 21 July 2017

VENEZUELA: Ten days to go

President Nicolás Maduro says that nothing and no-one will deter the scheduled 30 July elections for his planned constituent assembly, which a majority of observers believe will allow him to consolidate a Cuban-style radical left-wing one-party system in Venezuela, effectively replacing the country’s existing liberal democracy with a military-backed dictatorship. In testimony to the US Senate on 19 July, the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, said the return of democracy and the restoration of the rule of law to Venezuela was “urgent”. While US President Donald Trump has warned of “strong and swift economic actions” if the constituent assembly goes ahead, the progress of broader regional diplomatic efforts to resolve the Venezuelan crisis remains very unclear. In order to diffuse the zero-sum-game situation in the country, “it is essential to reduce the cost of exit for the Maduro regime”, the UK’s Financial Times (FT) observed in a 20 July editorial.

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