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.