Is Juan Guaido the latest "Catfish" in Venezuela?
"Later, during the Dutch-Venezuelan crisis of 1908, the US Navy helped Venezuelan Vice President Juan Vicente Gómez seize power in a coup. Gómez, known as 'The Catfish,' would rule the country either directly or through puppet presidents, until his death in 1935.
"His regime was one of inconceivably medieval brutality.
"His enforcers were fond of shackling political prisoners in
grillos, leg irons that rendered many victims permanently disabled — and those were the 'lucky' ones.
"The unlucky ones were
hanged to death by meathooks through their throats or testicles."
The History - and Hypocrisy - of US Meddling in Venezuela