Epstein Secrets

press is circumscribed, and the judiciary tends to be dominated by the ruling party. Countries that fit this description include Hungary, Bolivia, Ecuador, and, if recent trends continue, Poland. There are many reasons for the global decline in dem- ocratic indicators, but the statistical evidence from

ite their efforts to hollow out Venezuela's democratic infrastructure and their virulent anti-Americanism, the late Hugo Chavez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, had no difficulty in finding American consultants who would repre- sent the interests of their government and the national oil company?' Richard

he press is circumscribed, and the judiciary tends to be dominated by the ruling party. Countries that fit this description include Hungary, Bolivia, Ecuador, and, if recent trends continue, Poland. There are many reasons for the global decline in dem- ocratic indicators, but the statistical evidence from

espite their efforts to hollow out Venezuela's democratic infrastructure and their virulent anti-Americanism, the late Hugo Chavez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, had no difficulty in finding American consultants who would repre- sent the interests of their government and the national oil company.” ¢ Richard

nfluence in the countries of the ALBA, and the clear leadership of the group known as the nations of the XXIth Century Socialism: Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. 11. To this list we must add the sympathy and solidarity that Cuba inspires in governments such as those of Argentina, Brazil, Urugu

favorable to “the Cubans.” The disappearance of Chavism in Venezuela would be an economic and political catastrophe for Cuba. Today the popularity of Nicolas Maduro is less than 20%. 4. The political stability of the Cuban regime until now has depended on control by Fidel and Raul Castro. Fidel just turned 89, a