2016 has closed as the worst year for Venezuela so far. But 2017 is likely to beat this gloomy record if President Maduro does not manage to find a solution for the country, a solution that seems more and more cumbersome to achieve by the day.
Mercosur is at a political impasse, without Presidency and with three out of five members trying to isolate Venezuela. But even more daunting, Argentina and Brazil seem to be working tirelessly to deprive Mercosur of any political connotation.