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Related: About this forumCan Venezuela's socialist government survive wave of protests?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/22/world/americas/venezuela-socialism/Student protesters pack the streets. Violence surges. Tear gas billows.
Opposition leaders and government officials blame each other for the unrest, and both sides show no sign of backing down.
No matter who you believe, it's clear that tensions are running high in Venezuela.
The anti-government demonstrations are the biggest threat President Nicolas Maduro has faced since his election last year. And inside and outside the South American country's borders, there's a major question many are asking: Could this be the beginning of the end for Venezuela's socialist government?
The situation doesn't look pretty. Inflation topped 56% last year. Crime rates are high. Goods shortages have left store shelves bare.
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Can Venezuela's socialist government survive wave of protests? (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Feb 2014
OP
I read it actually he was more critical than I would have expected given his history
Bacchus4.0
Feb 2014
#2
the problem with Maduro leaving would be a more hard line chavista like Diosdado
Bacchus4.0
Feb 2014
#4
tsuki
(11,994 posts)1. Go to therealnews.com and
watch Gregory Wilpert being interviewed about it.
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. I read it actually he was more critical than I would have expected given his history
as a former employee of the Ven government Information Office.
tsuki
(11,994 posts)5. Keane Bhatt was interviewed by The Real News. nt
springchick
(137 posts)3. I think the govt. itself could survive if real reforms
were put in place and govt corruption was rooted out.
President Maduro would of course have to go and a real reformer within the Socialist Party would have to be elected to office.
Unless that happens, I don't see how this govt. survives the next elections.
And for those that have accused me of wanting a coup, notice I said next ELECTIONS.
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)4. the problem with Maduro leaving would be a more hard line chavista like Diosdado
although he sucks so bad that it may be inevitable. The opposition doesn't have any political power so there is no threat of a coup other than from within chavismo.