Swapping one sanctioned hardliner for another isn't reform — it's reshuffling the same repressive deck. González López ran Venezuela's most feared intelligence agencies and has a documented record of human rights abuses, and the UNU.N. confirmed that the nation's repressive apparatus remains fully intact. This cabinet shake-up consolidates Diosdado Cabello's grip on the security state, notrather dismantlethan dismantling it.

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