Venezuelan Crisis 2020

Venezuela is in crisis. Protestors fill the streets and refugees flee the nation as rising inflation and poverty have led to President Maduro’s regime losing its hold on the country. The nation’s over-reliance on oil has led to near economic collapse. Evidence of corruption in the nation’s administration has led to major discontent among many Venezuelans with the state of the country. Pressure from the United States and other nations has led to further and further constriction of the nation’s industries. A former political rival claims presidential legitimacy. There are rumors that even among Maduro’s most loyal supporters, his own cabinet, there are those that are planning a coup, or that they have given up on his regime. As ministers in his cabinet, you must address Venezuela’s economic, social, and political problems while ensuring that these traitors do not seize power and overthrow the socialist government founded by Hugo Chavez. Or perhaps, you may be tempted to follow a different agenda and take advantage of the chaos as a doomed nation inevitably falls...