Binge-Watching the World Burn
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, countries in crisis have to compete for the world’s short attention span. But to what end?
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No Delcy for Iran?
US-Israel strikes killed Khamenei and many others, but Tehran is no Caracas. The world is left wondering whether the region faces an even worse conflict, or if a Delcy-like caretaker drawn from Iran’s own establishment will emerge.
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More on Enrique Márquez
“We’re not reading too much into Márquez’s appearance at Trump’s SOTU, other than a ‘good TV’ moment crafted by the Trump administration, but we’reseeing how different sectors in the opposition or the marginalized chavismo who distrust Machado (and are distrusted by her in return) are pitching Márquez as THE transition figure. And it is clear by the way he speaks post SOTU that he’s seeing himself in that role. Even if Machado should be the prohibitive favorite in a future election, those in the opposition, and those in between the opposing and chavismo, that don’t support her—some outright despise her—will surely run a candidate against her.
“Márquez seems to be the chosen one to take on that role for many. What’s more, their perfect scenario is that Machado remains barred from running in elections,
and that Márquez is the one allowed to run.”
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