"Are Maduro’s buddies simply letting him run the show so that he screws up and they can remove him? At this time, this seems the most likely scenario in my mind…"
"Internationally, Maduro has lost what little credibility of doubt some people may have had. Even his closest allies are likely wondering what is going through his head, even if their silence is shameful. Funny how these leftist idealists are more concerned about their mercantile interests at this time than about human rights and the violation of the Venezuelan Constitution."
"What a pitiful bunch of so called leaders Latin American Presidents and politicians have become. But a day of reckoning seems to be arriving for them. They should be concerned by now that a Government change, even within Chavismo, will lead to less preferential treatment for them."
His earlier posts have several succinct summings-up of the economic situation.
That is one of the Venezuela blogs on my blogroll, I have about 4 I think