Thursday, November 19, 2015



 What democracy?

Venezuela is living today the worse period on its democratic history.   Until 1999, Venezuela was considered a successful oil producing country with one of the most stables and successful democracies in the region. The arrival of Hugo Chavez to power hindered the democratic process with promises of a Bolivarian Revolution while dismantling all the democratic institutions of government. Hugo Chavez’s ambition for power and control and his megalomaniac desire to be in the limelight, forced him to give everything to those who "admired" him and "adulated" him for the piece of the oil profit Venezuela has incurring those early years.  Hugo Chavez had many followers, including many foreign "progressive" individuals and mandataries. Hugo Chavez lost his focus to provide the social and economic solutions that he once promised and he embraced a socialist agenda that has produced nothing but more poverty, corruption, waste of money and above all a hyper-inflation.  His desire to be the second Simon Bolivar, the liberator, blinded him until his death.

Hugo Chavez legacy for Venezuela is a sad one. He opened the country to foreign intervention living it vulnerable to the blood sucking Castro brothers, Iran, China, Russia and may others. These foreign interests are doing extensive damage to the progress and well being of the Venezuelan people.  The passing of Hugo Chavez and the arrival of Nicolas Maduro opened a new chapter for Venezuela. The production of food and goods became less and less and today is almost non existent. Nicolas Maduro who has proving to be uneducated and an inept, has engaged in human right violations and in driving Venezuela even deeper into an abysm.  Today Venezuela is a narco-state and the high rank Military officers and political leaders have engaged in growing their wealth through drug trafficking and they are less interested in a productive Venezuela or in democratic Venezuela. The unleashed of delinquency early enacted by Hugo Chavez through with his “colectivos”, a group of criminals in motorcycles commenting crimes while protected by the regime, has placed Venezuela in the list of one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

Venezuela isn’t a democracy today, neither there are democratic institutions left that benefit and protect its citizens. The government have stolen and continues stealing shamelessly to the private businesses to pack of supplies the empty shelves of the regime without paying the for their goods to those business with that the excuse that they are controlling the monopoly of goods by the private sector.  These arbitrary an unjust practice have ruined many businesses. Venezuela today is a poor with miserable people desperate to run away and leave everything behind this country rich in natural resources. I feel very strong and confident to say that Venezuela is being run by a pack of thieves hiding under a so call socialist ideology that needs more than the Venezuelan people protesting, it needs foreign intervention as well.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Another Nicolas Maduro Distraction?


The Maduro regime has cried wolf many times about the United States trying to overthrow it, which makes it hard to know when they are telling the truth, or when they are making things up to distract the Venezuelan people.  The latest accusations against the US came  form Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, this past Sunday.  In a televised interviewed he said that "an intelligence plane for the U.S. Coast Guard took off from the air base in Curacao and violated our air space."  
Could it be possible that the December 6 Parliamentary elections is making the Maduro regime nervous?  

Monday, November 2, 2015

Maduro Threatens to keep Control of the Parliament if he loses December 6 Elections

In one of his shameful television transmissions addressing the Nation this past Thursday, Nicolas Maduro threatened the Opposition and the Venezuelan people that “if, hypothetically, the opposition wins parliamentary elections on December 6,  he would “not give the revolution away” and would continue governing with the "people" and a "civic-military" government. Maduro said that if the Opposition wins, Venezuela would be in one of the “murkiest” stages of its political life and he would defend the revolution in moving it to a new “phase.” In other words, he will continue his dictatorial regime, holding the National Assembly hostage while disregarding the will of the Venezuelan people.
 
Maduro’s reaction came after the recent survey from Datacorp which indicated that the opposition would get 56% of the December votes and Chavism 39 %.  82% of Venezuelans considered Maduro’s management bad and negative. Back in June a survey done by the same company indicated 70%. Clearly a strong  anti-Maduro sentiment is growing in the country.
In addition to these bleak polling results, Maduro's popularity fell to 24.3 percent due to the highest inflation ever seen, shortages of food and above all the uncontrolled delinquency that has placed Venezuela as one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

In addition to the country’s discontent, recent events are piling up over Maduro’s
way of running the country and his dictatorial tactics.  This is the case of prosecutor Franklin Nieves, one of the Leopoldo Lopez prosecutors. Nieves who escaped Venezuela and is now in Miami seeking asylum, said that he had orders "from the number one (Nicolas Maduro)” to develop arrest warrants against the leader of VP (Voluntad Popular) Leopoldo Lopez.  According to Nieves, he lied to the Venezuelan people and to the world when he presented the case of Leopoldo Lopez, accusing him of inciting violence.  Nieves calls Leopoldo Lopez the political prisoner of Maduro’s. his past September. Leopoldo Lopez was convicted to 14 years in prison for “inciting violence” against the regime
Counselor of the U.S. State Department, Thomas Shannon, has threatened Venezuela with additional sanctions if Maduro engages in such undemocratic tactics. Shannon described as crucial that “citizens are able to freely choose their leaders in the legislative elections scheduled for December 6. “

I strongly believe that Maduro should be removed from office before Venezuelan engages in an implosion and more lives continue to be lost as a result of political civil. The OAS and the UN have a responsibility with the Venezuelan people and with the democracy in the region in order to avoid another Syria.