Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

After yesterday's dramatic attempt to oust Venezuela's president, we take a look at

the coups around the world. What makes them happen? What makes them succeed? And what are

the risks for coupplotters who fail? And a surprise raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid

reveals just how difficult and thankless it is to be a dissident against the North Korean

regime.

But first, in Venezuela yesterday, the opposition leader Juan Guaidó made his move to try

to overthrow the embattled president Nicolas Marudo. He claimed his operation liberty would

be the final push to depose a man who has retained power only through a sham election.

Mr. Guaidó is supported by millions of Venezuelans who are suffering from regime inflicted

hunger and hardship. But it's the support of the military he needs in order to take power,

despite promising early signs, not enough of them decided to abandon Mr. Marudo.

In a defiant television address, the president called the attempt a failure, lambasting those

who handed their souls over to the coup mongering far right.

I was woken up shortly after 6am by the sound of sourcepins being bashed, which is a traditional

form of protest in Venezuela.

Stephen Gibbs writes for the economist, he was among the crowds in the capital Caracas yesterday

as events unfolded.

And it soon transpired what was going on and that was that Juan Guaidó was calling for a military

uprising.

It soon became apparent that this was by no means a normal day. All shops were barricaded

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