Can Venezuela Survive Another Maduro Victory?

As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seeks another six-year term Sunday, it’s clear that he – like the rest of the country – is running on empty. Oil-rich and wealthy just a few years ago, Venezuela today is being gutted by hyperinflation, food shortages, collapsing infrastructure, international sanctions, growing protests and an exodus of the desperate. Maduro is expected to win Sunday’s vote, which is being decried as fraudulent by the international community, in spite of opposition calls for a boycott. And analysts expect that will mean more pain, trouble and repression for the struggling South American country. “Nations don’t reach bottom.