Hope at Last in Venezuela, a revolt at the polls against the Cuban-backed government

[Independent voter]

Is it all due to falling oil prices?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/hope-at-last-in-venezuela

Hope at Last in Venezuela

A revolt at the polls against the Cuban-backed government.

It isn’t every day that a police state takes such a beating at the polls that it has to admit defeat in its own rigged election. So kudos to the Venezuelan opposition, which thrashed the government’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in Sunday’s national assembly election, even taking the two-thirds supermajority needed to pass major economic and judicial reforms.

After 16 years of repressive left-wing rule, this is cause for hope in Venezuela and across the Americas. An impressive 75% of the electorate turned out to vote, driven by plummeting living standards. Hyperinflation, food shortages, crumbling public works and soaring murder rates have made the country miserable.

President Nicolás Maduro, the late Hugo Chávez’s handpicked successor, accepted the vote—at least for now. It’s doubtful he would have done so without pressure from the military, which also seems to be fed up with the country’s accelerating decline.

[Dsonsion]

Finally. Their government is pure, undiluted shit. Nicolas Maduro is a dangerous clown.



This was a pamphlet from his presidential campaign. It says "Voting for Maduro guarantees salvation of humankind on this planet".