What was new in Quito was not only the official candor about Venezuela's mess, but also the rest of the region's relative indifference to it. A few years back, when Chavez ran things, the charismatic strongman could charm a parley with his rhetorical flourishes and garner sympathy even when his policies went awry. Not so Maduro, who inherited Chavez's hubris but not his bons mots or skills as a Machiavellian conniver.
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