Today's dictators are united - but not by ideology
Briefly

"Venezuela was once the wealthiest country in South America. Now it's the poorest, and you can see the destruction of the last 20 years everywhere you look. Given the degree to which the government operates against the interests of the nation, you have to ask, where is all power coming from?"
"Unlike military or political alliances from other times and places, this group operates not like a bloc but rather like an agglomeration of companies, bound not by ideology but rather by a ruthless, single-minded determination to maintain power and control."
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