In Venezuela, Fighting for Freedom ‘Until the End’
Opponents of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s government protest in Caracas on July 29, 2024, a day after the presidential election. (Photo by Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images)
Across the country, the people are rising up over a contested election—and tearing down statues of Chávez.
“I don’t know if Venezuela will be fixed, but I always wanted a yacht. With three master’s degrees and a PhD, I can barely afford a car, and that will be fixed.” I heard those words from the chief strategist for the first Hugo Chávez presidential campaign in 1998.
At the time, he was my journalism school professor. He told me this the day before Chávez …
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