The unintended consequences of indicting Nicolás Maduro

William Barr, the United States attorney-general, “good timing”. Amid the covid-19 pandemic and a collapse in global oil prices, on March 26th America’s Department of Justice unsealed indictments on drugs charges of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, and members of his inner circle. No longer should his regime be seen as merely corrupt and incompetent, argued Mr Barr. Now he has formally labelled it criminal—a drug gang masquerading as a government.

Venezuela has even less scope than other Latin American countries to borrow to soften the effects of the crisis. It has already defaulted on its debts. On March 15th Mr Maduro appealed to the, which the regime has long reviled, for $5bn of assistance. The fund rebuffed him because some members do not recognise the regime as the legitimate government.

Mr Barr may have torpedoed that. The charges allege that in the late 1990s Mr Maduro, Mr Cabello, Hugo Carvajal, a former director of military intelligence, and Clíver Antonio Alcalá, then an officer in the armed forces, founded a drug-running organisation called the Cartel of the Suns, named for an insignia on army uniforms. In league with the, a Colombian guerrilla outfit, the group “sought to flood” the United States with cocaine, say the indictments.

ikalin1 Türkiyemiz bir el atsın şuraya lütfen, in sahiplerinin yardım edecek yüreği yokmuş.

Un país con pocos recursos y despilfarra dándoles regalos a sus vecinos.

PALANGRISTAS FakeNews

Almost all the hospitals of the US have no face masks

They have no masks because of sanctions.

What about U.S.A. I think is wosrt

Because of Maduro and his gang of criminals.

Please discuss the connection between 5G and COVID 19. Oh wait this is 2020 America. Not 1999. No more debates allowed.

Any different to the UK or Spain?

At least they have public hospitals!

EE.UU. 🇺🇸 con más de 10,000 muertos y no aterrador?

For The Economist, when hasn't it been scary? Don't be hypocritical.

🇻🇪💙

😢😢😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Revisen las cifras de fallecidos por el coronavirus y después escriben pendejadas. Saludos desde Venezuela Soberana e Independiente..

Caos total...!!!SOS

srzjwalters Venezusa?

They probably have more toilet paper than we do.

Venezuela: 165 cases, 7 dead. EEUU: 393.798 cases, 12.697 dead.

Kill Maduro ASAP.

Coronavirus Cases: 1,421,578 Deaths: 81,688 Recovered: 301,527 GERMS on every surface; every bit of air; every bit of water is alive

Hey guys dunno if you’ve noticed America is fuckin this up

Venezuela's situation is terrifying since 15 years ago my darling. This pandemic is a monopoly game for them!

I love that they’re wearing masks at a press conference. They are clearly following the guidelines and are more forward thinking than realDonaldTrump

Yet people aren't dying in droves there. 'Tis true for a lot of these poor and/or developing countries. Makes one wonder, doesn't it? 🤔

Sounds like USA🤷🏾‍♀️

Like your boss ?

Mexico's president is even worse. His declaration that COVID-19 crisis 'fits like a glove' in his plans shows the disaster Mexico is heading to.

Tyranny sees opportunity when the suffering are ignored by the comfortable.

I have no doubts that before realDonaldTrump leaves WhiteHouse, he will takes NicolasMaduro out, live or death, out of Venezuela government. I and I think its the only right way

Learn some respect, then ask Venezuelan people, at least most of them, if it is appropriate to call their president a dictator, other than adhering to your own ignorance. 🙂

you call a president not from your ally a dictator, we chinese understand yr logic, and ppl under the dictatorship need yr liberation?

We get it, the coup attempt was a humiliating clown-show, no need to further embarrass yourself

Your mums a dictator

Donde he visto esto? Ahhh en España

Look what they are doing in America....

the economist pushing western properganda again .... piss off

vsirnate

IT is the president not a dictator ,he won the elections like Trump did

lol, ok

* The Venezuelan president !

bout time he figured something out

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