Monday, April 13, 2015

Latin America POV: Nicolas Maduro must Follow the Will of the Venezuelan People


Nicolas Maduro should do, what any Democratic president would do, follow the will of the people. After all, that's what Simon Bolivar the Liberator of five nations did in 1828.  Simon Bolivar called for a new constituent assembly, but no one agreed to his autocratic government.  The voices of the opposition from Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador was loud and clear opposing Bolivar's ruling. In 1830, Simon Bolivar finally realized that his goal was unattainable, so he agreed to leave the country.  
Nicolas Maduro,  a high school dropout, and later Hugo Chavez's bodyguard, was selected Chavez's Foreign Minister.  He was elected President in 2014 and has not been able to solve the mounting of economic problems he inherited from Hugo Chavez. 
A new Keller survey indicates that 44% of Venezuelan believe that Maduros resignation will solve the crisis that Venezuela is living today,  and 82 % believe that the Venezuelan economic crisis is Nicolas Maduro's falt. 

According with a report from CNN Money, "The Venezuelan economy is in crisis because of the government  instability, food crisis, the fall of the oil prices, and the devaluation of the Venezuelan currency.  In addition,  the Venezuela's debt, despite the exorbitant amount of money that entered the country from oil revenues this past 15 years.  
        
A survey done by Datanálisis about Maduro's popularity, published in El Universal newspaper, concluded that 76% of Venezuelans predict even more devastating economic situation for Venezuela this 2015. In addition, 58% feel that the government should build mix business while almost the same amount of people support the privatization of businesses.

Survey after survey points out not only the discontent of the Venezuelan people but also  the damaging effect that the Maduro's inept government is having in the country, after 15 years  of Chavismo in Venezuela.

 Maduro and the later Hugo Chavez have used and abused in the name of Simon Bolivar but so far they have no follow what the liberator intended for Venezuela.  Maduro must come to the realization that the Bolivarian revolution is a big fat failure.  Instead of resigning like Simon Bolivar did, he is going to end up fleeing the country with his band of thief’s if he persists in staying in power.

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