Venezuela is fast on its way to becoming the next Cuba, if the Socialist Party of Venezuela gets its way and succeeds in rewriting the constitution to enshrine its authoritarian rule permanently – and that should be worrisome for those of us that share the Western hemisphere with Caracas. Due to its immense natural resources and wealth, strategic importance, and established relationships with hostile, extra-hemispheric powers, Venezuela has the potential to be a far greater problem than Cuba has been.
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