Author: Adriana Boersner-Herrera | Journal of Democracy

Adriana Boersner-Herrera is assistant professor of political science at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Her publications include the chapter on Venezuela in The Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas: State and Quasi-State Actors in Great Power Competition (forthcoming).

Will Maduro’s Autocratic Allies Desert Him?

Adriana Boersner-Herrera

Nicolás Maduro’s regime has long relied on support from China, Cuba, Russia, and other authoritarians to stay afloat. But now that the United States is stepping up the pressure, will his fellow autocrats leave him high and dry?