How much of a threat does Venezuela’s exiled opposition pose to the rule of Nicolás Maduro?

By Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University

Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, will be sworn in as president for a record third term on January 10, four months after being declared the winner of the country’s highly contentious election. Maduro will receive the standard obeisance from his cronies and will hug the limelight, but plenty of Venezuelans will have very little to celebrate.

Both Maduro and opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is currently in hiding, have urged their supporters…

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