FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's recent abrupt reversal in its nascent rapprochement with the United States and domestic opponents is likely a response to declining support among its traditional base, according to sources close to the ruling party, voters and analysts.
After months of thawing U.S. relations, the administration of President Nicolas Maduro has done a sharp about-face in recent weeks. It shuttered the United Nations' human rights office, the attorney general ordered the arrest of an activist, and the Supreme Court upheld a public office ban levied on the leading opposition candidate in this year's election.
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