OPINION

Coming to grips with Venezuela

News, Christopher Sabatini, Published on 27/06/2016

» At least on paper, both Europe and the Americas seem equally committed to being democracies-only clubs, willing to defend and preserve the rule of law in member nations. In practice, however, it may be unfair to compare the perplexing web of regional Latin American organisations with the European Union. The juxtaposition of the EU's recent statement of concern over the rule of law in Poland and the long-overdue response by Latin American and Caribbean governments to the decades-long political crisis festering in Venezuela is a striking case in point.