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.

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.