<div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><section class="css-u7urgs e12sbwn90"><div class="css-b4a1pi e1u9wqfn0"><span class="css-x8vgju e6e0kfy0"><a href="/the-world-this-week" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>The world this week</span></a></span></div><h1 class="css-1p83fk8 e1r8fcie0">KAL’s cartoon</h1></section></div><div class="css-vpmedt en4o1560"><section class="css-1ugvd2u e18wk22u0"></section></div><div class="css-129jqss en4o1560"><div class="css-13r0q4k ebbih0g0"><div class="css-f1to7x e1oehc1h0"><div class="css-jwv1ak eupm5sl0"><div class="css-w0h03k eygoqsu0"><div><time datetime="2024-08-01T14:27:18.722Z" class="css-1c8ktq7 e4cw3vv0"> Aug 1st 2024</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div><section data-body-id="cp2" class="css-1xs6rxu e19oi8vf1"><div class="css-11m2wk0 e19oi8vf2"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><b>Dig deeper into the subject of this week’s cartoon:</b></p><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/07/31/can-nicolas-maduro-be-stopped-from-stealing-venezuelas-election">Can Nicolás Maduro be stopped from stealing Venezuela’s election?<br></a><a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/08/01/after-protests-over-a-stolen-election-the-goons-crack-heads">After protests over a stolen election, the goons crack heads<br></a><a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/03/27/nicolas-maduros-sham-election-the-sequel">Nicolás Maduro’s sham election: the sequel</a></p><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><i><small>KAL</small>’s cartoon appears weekly in&nbsp;The Economist. You can see last week’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/2024/07/25/kals-cartoon">here</a>.</i></p></div></section><div class="css-1cmx12d em0l2j50"><div class="css-19gx9y0 eupm5sl0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 eygoqsu0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

The world this week{ai:summary}<p>Nicolás Maduro is back at his old tricks, orchestrating a sham election in Venezuela while the blood-stained streets echo with the cries of dissent. The goons are out in force, cracking heads and crushing hope—an iron fist squeezing the last breaths of democracy.</p><p>A nation's future hangs by a thread, but the election thief seems invincible. Will the people rise, or are they just the latest victims of a rigged game? #politics</p>

KAL’s cartoon

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