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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:22 PM Jun 2014

In socialist Venezuela, a threat from the left .

http://news.yahoo.com/socialist-venezuela-threat-left-151051779.htmlenezuela (AP) — Already grappling with street protests led by the right, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is facing a new threat from an unlikely place: old-school leftists who accuse him of betraying the socialist legacy that carried him to power.

Maduro was tapped by Hugo Chavez as his preferred successor to the presidency, and is quick to invoke the late leader's name, but orthodox socialists are grumbling over liberalized currency reforms they say are counter to the revolution.

The tensions came to a head last week when Maduro fired Planning Minister Jorge Giordani, a Marxist economist whose Spartan lifestyle and anti-capitalist doctrine earned him the nickname "the Monk." Giordani is not going into forced retirement quietly.

In a lengthy tract published on several websites, he has accused Maduro of undoing Chavez's gains and failing to control his administration, implying corruption and incompetence. It is, he said, "painful and alarming to see a Presidency that does not convey leadership."


what do you say chavistas?

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In socialist Venezuela, a threat from the left . (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Jun 2014 OP
Hector Navarro, another big figure in the PSUV, was suspended from the party for supporting Giordani Marksman_91 Jun 2014 #1
good stuff, its going to be difficult to dismiss criticism from the left as fascism nt Bacchus4.0 Jun 2014 #2
Giordani is right kg4jxt Jun 2014 #3
chavistas on du are speechless nt Bacchus4.0 Jun 2014 #4
 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
1. Hector Navarro, another big figure in the PSUV, was suspended from the party for supporting Giordani
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:51 PM
Jun 2014

There's a slew of chavistas who are defending Giordani's criticisms against Maduro, while there's another group branding him a traitor (as if criticizing a government is the same as betraying it). What a wondrous display of tolerance and acceptance from the dimwit Maduro

I'm getting a feeling the party's gonna split in half between those who consider themselves true loyalists to Chávez by allying with his oldest friends who are now criticizing Maduro's administration and those who think sticking with Maduro demonstrates the greatest level of loyalty to Chávez. In any case, though, whoever of those 2 groups is in power, Venezuela loses

kg4jxt

(30 posts)
3. Giordani is right
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 10:05 PM
Jun 2014

Maduro is not a leader like Chavez; not charismatic and lacking vision. It has been a long run for him, all things considered, but he is moving toward the center. Chavez, for all his failings, was probably sincere in his efforts to help the poor of Venezuela. Maduro may have the same goals, but he is MORE incompetent! He is starting to flounder. The economy is a wreck, but it is still probable that were Chavez alive, he could find a way forward for Venezuela. Maduro won't be able to do that and chaos will ensue. IMHO

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