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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 10:48 AM Oct 2014

Venezuela's 'Chavismo' risks implosion, dissident faction warns

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/08/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKCN0HX1GC20141008

(Reuters) - The socialist movement built by Venezuela's former president Hugo Chavez risks imploding if corruption, inefficiency and an economic crisis are not tamed, a dissenting faction of the ruling Socialist Party says.

"The revolutionary process is in danger, it's falling apart," warned Gonzalo Gomez Freire, a leader of Marea Socialista, or "Socialist Tide", a small but vocal group of leftist intellectuals critical of President Nicolas Maduro's government.

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But he is now under intense pressure with an economy in recession, shortages of basic goods and medicines, annual inflation above 60 percent and sky-high crime.

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The Marea Socialista group relentlessly chides Maduro's government for enrichment of senior officials, top-heavy decision-making and what it sees as the abandonment of revolutionary purity.

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Venezuela's 'Chavismo' risks implosion, dissident faction warns (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 OP
Not surprising. Even the supposedly "peaceful" colectivos are starting to turn against them Marksman_91 Oct 2014 #1
Looks like open conflict with the government is about to happen. Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #2
 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
1. Not surprising. Even the supposedly "peaceful" colectivos are starting to turn against them
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 11:25 AM
Oct 2014

Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg. The government has lost control of its radical groups, and it seems even the most hardcore leftists are starting to abandon Maduro. Shit's about to really hit the fan soon.

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
2. Looks like open conflict with the government is about to happen.
Wed Oct 8, 2014, 11:29 AM
Oct 2014

I'd love to hear from our chavista members on this issue.

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