This doesn't sound like a regime that's long for this world. First it tried to essentially abolish the legislature via the courts, only to be forced to back off that idea because the public appeared ready to storm the palace gates over it. Now - never having learned his lesson on anything before, so why start now? - Nicolas Maduro employs a capricious excuse to ban one of the opposition's top leaders from holding office in the country for 15 years.
Why? "Administrative irregularities." What is this, Texas A&M?
