As Maduro Digs in, His Aides Hunt for an Emergency Escape Route

The Venezuelan leader has held on for years in the face of protests, a collapsed economy and international sanctions, via a tight grip on the military and by cracking down on the opposition.The financial noose is tightening globally, many neighbors and western nations are calling on him to hold elections or step aside, and the opposition has galvanized under Juan Guaido into a more cohesive force.Maduro has insisted publicly he’s going nowhere and a departure could be several steps away, i