Is Venezuela’s Maduro Paranoid, Weak, And Isolated?

Miami Herald: U.S. official describes Venezuela’s Maduro as paranoid, weak, isolated

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has lost trust in his inner circle, can’t venture out into public and is sleeping in a bunker as he clings to power in the shattered country, said Mauricio Claver-Carone, the senior director of the White House National Security Council.

Speaking at the Concordia conference in Colombia’s capital Tuesday, Claver-Carone, one of the Trump administration’s key national security advisers, pushed back against the idea that a brief military uprising on April 30 in Caracas had been a failure, instead arguing that it had unveiled how many of Maduro’s closest allies were plotting against him.

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WNU Editor: I have noticed that aside from a few visits to a military base where he is surrounded by bodyguards and his top generals (see above video from yesterday), Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has not gone out in public for the past few months. But many authoritarian leaders rule like this today. Syria's Assad comes to mind.