Since the capture by the US of Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Venezuela has undergone sweeping – if uneven – changes.
Washington has restored relations with Caracas; a new oil deal, touted by US president Donald Trump as delivering 80 million barrels of Venezuelan crude to the US, has taken effect; and the government has pushed through new laws on opening up the oil industry and providing an amnesty for political prisoners.
But one of the most striking absences is political: no representative from the movement that won a majority in t
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