Author: Juan Miguel Matheus | Journal of Democracy

Juan Miguel Matheus is Venezuelan politician in exile, professor of Constitutional Law at Monteávila University (Caracas), currently Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law (Austin) and affiliate to the Stanford Constitutional Law Center.

How Venezuela Became a Gangster State

Juan Miguel Matheus

Nicolás Maduro is a mafia boss, not a president, and the Venezuelan government is now a criminal enterprise with the power of a state. It poses a threat to democracies everywhere.