77% of Venezuelans think there needs a change of government, while 16% likes Chavismo

[GatoGordo]

http://contrapunto.com/noticia/ivad-contradice-a-hinterlaces-asegura-que-henri-falcon-ya-supera-a-maduro-en-preferencias-186105/

Unfortunately, the only opposition that Maduro will allow to run against him as a disaffected Chavista (Falcon, aka "Maduro Lite&quot and another perpetual presidential candidate (Allup) who is despised by the people as much as Maduro is. Not that an actual vote matters, as Chavistas cannot count anyway... they always have more votes for them than voters in their districts.

Apparently, 55% for PSUV and 45% for all other parties typically result in 117% of all eligible voters...

[doc03]

1. Well apparently Venezuelans are smarter than us. Impeaching trump

should be 77% here.

[MichMan]

2. Remember the days at DU when Venezeula was widely praised as the model for all governments?

Don't hear much from them anymore........

[GatoGordo]

4. A friend of mine came across this. Quite appropriate

.

Last year, the average Venezuelan lost over 19 pounds on the Maduro Diet. Mostly parent skipping meals so their kids could eat. But since last years "legalized looting", now grocers aren't restocking their shelves. There is no food to be had at any price.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. You know according to our last US presidential election results

Trump got the majority of the women vote.....you know in your heart that is not true. It's because of Russia rigging our elections for Trump.

Do you think maybe the US is rigging things with their money in Venezuela elections just like Russia does in ours?

You know who really hates Venezuela and Chavistas the most? RepubliCONS, Trump and the Koch brothers. That's why our tax dollars go to funding the opposition parties in Venezuela.

We pay so that Venezuela has riots in the streets while our sick and poor die from lack of medical attention.

[GatoGordo]

5. How is this about Trump?

Trump wasn't president when Chavez attempted his first coup in 1992.
He wasn't president in 1999 when he was elected president of Venezuela as a populist
He wasn't president in 2002-3 when he fired every oil rig worker who went on strike for living wages
He wasn't president in 2003 when he introduced "currency controls"
He wasn't president in 2008 when he devalued the Bolivar
He wasn't president in 2007-12 when he "nationalized" 1147 businesses (now over 4000)
He wasn't president in 2015 when Maduro went full tilt dictator and refused to recognize the new super-majority National Assembly, pack the TSJ (Supreme Court) with lackeys, ash-canned the Constitution and disallowed recall elections.

Trump (for all his epic failings) isn't the least bit responsible for the shit-storm that is Venezuela.

So I ask again, how is this about Trump?

[Fred Sanders]

6. Not to mention socialists seem to keep getting elected over and over again. The oligarths

and their apologists will never accept a fair sharing of the wealth...history is a bitch when it comes to informing folks of current affairs in Latin America.

[GatoGordo]

7. Well, the Pink Tide certainly isn't fairing so well these days

Everywhere you look, its an epic fail.

Even the shining star of the region, Evo Morales in Bolivia is turning to authoritarianism. Despite the voters and Bolivian Constitution making it clear that term limits are what they want, he feels that he is "too important" to be constrained by such trivialities as the whims of the citizen.

Or is there some other example that you think we should look to?

Castro's Cuba?

[Fred Sanders]

8. You hate socialism everywhere....we all get it at socialist leaning DU!

[GatoGordo]

9. Big fan of Sweden/France/Norway style Socialism. Which is what Chavez promised

Not too big on Cuba/North Korea version. Which is what Chavez delivered.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Cuba and NK are communist. Also not a fan at all. Who is?

[GatoGordo]

11. Apparently Maduro and the Chavistas

The entirety of Venezuelas military is infiltrated with them.
Most of the Chavista hierarchy is Cuban educated.
Poor Delcy can't hide her accent for all her effort.