We have had many threads that have discussed the plight of Venezuela and tonight things are taking a turn it would appear in that forsaken country.
There was an interesting BBC programme ' REVOLUTION IN THE RUINS: THE HUGO CHAVEZ STORY ' shown 16th Jan 2019. I recommend viewing it for those interested in the politics of then and it's resonance with the politics of today.
It covered the rise / Socialist Revolution of both Chavez and Moduro and the subsequent impoverishment of the Venezuelan people.
It followed the Economy, Nationalisation , Shut down of the press, Total Compliance , Loyalty or Prison, Government Brutality, finally Dictatorship.
Yes it did cover the good side of their nature and helping the population but it followed a time line of why and how through Economic Mismanagement, Continued Corruption, Printing Money, Borrowing Money , led to a crime wave that worsened under Moduro.
We all know, although some do not accept , the Venezuelan people are starving, Inflation runs in figures of obscenity, mass migration in the millions, shelves bare of supplies even of toilet paper , medicines and health care destroyed.
There were two people interviewed in the BBC programme and what they said chimed with me thinking of the politicians who have declared we ' Could learn from Venezuala' and we know who they are.
One said on the subject of ' Cult and Personality ' , being 'Seduced and Controlled ' :-
" Whilst we had the positive side we also had the slippery side to authoritarianism "----
The other said :-
" You cannot just vote for the shiny new thing and the promises of ' Romantic Revolutions ' you have to vote for the boring politician that has stable ideas to move people over time '.
Will Moduro the dictator still be in power ? Events are showing today this ' just might ' prove too much for even him but he no doubt he will survive. After all brutality and oppression has become the way to control the people in his Socialist Venezuala.
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