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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela protests: thousands march as military faces call to abandon Maduro [View all]GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)and lived in Venezuela for a time. I have family there, and they are ecstatic about the changes occurring hourly.
The poorer areas of Caracas (the western barrios) are filled with a wide range of skin tones, from black as night to white as a sheet. It is these areas that voted for Chavez diligently. The richer areas (eastern Caracas) were more gentrified, more light skinned.
What separates the protests now from earlier protests (2014 and prior) is that El Pueblo (the Chavez voter from the urban and rural poor areas) have taken up the protest. There are a LOT of dark skinned protesters now. As a matter of fact, the fiercest, bloodiest fighting has been in Chavista strongholds.
Maduro doesn't give the least shit about his previous supporters. He cares about his precious Bolivarian Revolution. He would LOVE to spin this as some sort of racist war, but it isn't. It's nothing but the Castroists trying to spread their cancer as far as they can. And now that the Chavez/Castro clique has been broken (an previously envied economy in ruins), Maduro has shown his true face. As a matter of fact, Diosdado called upon the PSUV faithful to surround Miraflores and hold vigil through the night and NOBODY showed up.