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Weekly Report - 21 June 2018 (WR-18-24)

VENEZUELA: Cabello gets seat at top table again

Diosdado Cabello is back in a starring role in Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution. President Nicolás Maduro named him as head of the national constituent assembly (ANC) this week as part of a cabinet reshuffle. It has been widely suggested that the appointment of Cabello, a straight-talking and uncompromising strongman, is a sign that Maduro is intent on radicalising the Revolution. But it is also a sign of weakness. Maduro had tried to sideline Cabello, who has not held a senior leadership position for two-and-a-half years, but he has been forced to turn to him once more after being re-elected on 20 May on the back of the lowest turnout in history.

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