The people of Venezuela must repeat the events of January 23,1958.

For Venezuela, January 23^rd, 1958, marked for Venezuela the end of the Perez Jimenez regime, and it opened the doors for a democracy that lasted for many decades.  Perez Jimenez was a ruthless military dictator, a General from the right, a logical man who had a vision for his country. He was a corrupted authoritarian but despite all, most of the infrastructure work that exists in Venezuela today, including major highways, and buildings like the Central University were part of his idea to build the country.

We can say many things about this merciless Dictator, including his intolerance and his oppression against the opponents of his regime and who were treated with brutality and/or spelled out of the country, but there is one thing that we can’t say about this man: He was NOT a traitor to his country.  A great portion of the money that entered Venezuela those days from the oil revenues was invested in the country.

Venezuela today has fallen behind in every aspect of its life, from the economy, to its infrastructure to having the highest inflation in the world, all these thanks to Hugo Chavez, whom like Perez Jimenez was a dictator but of a different kind:  Hugo Chavez was a man with an egotistic vision of his country and with great ambition for him himself.  A man who loved being glorified without creating glory. Hugo Chavez was a true traitor to his country, his people and the dignity of his nation. Hugo Chavez gave his country away to the poor Island of Cuba, which has been run by a ruthless dictator who became his mentor.  17 years later, since Hugo Chavez came to power, trillions of dollars had disappeared and Venezuela became a poor nation with sick and hungry people.

Nicolas Maduro is Walking on a Dangerous Territory Ignoring the Constitution

After badly losing the Parliamentary election on December 6, the Maduro government has decided to blatantly disregard the will of the Venezuelan people by creating a “Communal Resource Office”, simulating the National Assembly, and appointing the 22 Assembly men and women who lost their re-election. The objective of this mockery of Assembly is to contest in court the legitimacy of 22 Assembly personal that won the elections fair and square early this month. This absurd move by the regime is to guarantee disruption of the Democratic process that should take place on the first week of January, when the newly elected 112 Parliamentary men an women take office and begin their work restoring democracy and the respect for the law and the constitution in Venezuela.

Nicolas  Maduro, instead of revising its failing economic and social policies, continues  to ignore the reasons why the Venezuelan people voted against his regime. Lets refresh their memory: the long lines people have to endure to buy the little food left in Venezuela, the lack of products, the lack of medicines, the lack of jobs, the rampant crime, the list goes on and on. 

Nicolas Maduro and his narco –state has embarked in an Anti-Democratic mission, which will bring even more chaos and conflict to the already divided nation. This New Year, the government will face an unprecedented economic and social crisis with the continuing drop of oil prices in this once rich country. Maduro is walking on a dangerous territory which inevitably will lead to an implosion when the people of Venezuela come to the realization that they have being mocked and their votes has been blatantly disregarded by this power hungry Totalitarian Regime.