THE FAILURE of an uprising against Venezuela’s authoritarian regime last week has left opposition leaders and their foreign supporters debating what went wrong. Did the generals and other senior regime officials who reportedly agreed to help remove President Nicolás Maduro deliberately deceive opposition leaders? Did Russia persuade Mr. Maduro to stand fast? Or did the premature launch of the uprising and the unexpected appearance of formerly imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo López at a military base cause the regime plotters to back down? Whatever the truth, the failure of the rebellion is a tragedy for Venezuela’s long-suffering population. The opposition movement, which aims to restore democracy, has been demoralized, even if remains intact; Mr. Maduro so far has not dared to move against leader Juan Guaidó, […]