The Cubanization of Venezuela

Maduro cubanizes Venezuela at forced marches
The National Constituent Assembly, the release of political prisoners "at convenience" and the appointment of a military man in charge of the state oil company PDVSA are the last steps in that direction

Madrid 12/31/2017 02: 22h

"The stability of the Government of Venezuela depends on the guidelines of the Cuban dictatorship , whom Maduro continues to consult often" stress ABC two experts on closer bilateral relations throughout Latin America, which is leading the oil power to the greatest political, economic, social and human crisis in its history . Nicolás Maduro has accelerated the Cubanization of Venezuela that Hugo Chávez began 19 years ago. A decision that has served to keep him in power despite the weakness in which he left the protests of the first half of this year and the triumph of the opposition in the legislative of 2015.

"Maduro has shown that politically he is a dangerous adversary, he has managed to sustain himself in a very weak situation," says former Venezuelan Defense Minister Fernando Ochoa Antich . The last episodes of the copy of the Castro model have been the creation of a National Constituent Assembly to the Cuban (not pluralist), the appointment of a military man in charge of the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) or the recent release of political prisoners « at your convenience ». "Nicolás Maduro liberates political prisoners in the style of Castroism, little by little, without haste, using them as a political instrument in the face of the international community and internal forces," says human rights activist Elizardo Sánchez. The former Cuban prisoner of conscience believes that "the release to the convenience of the government is a manipulation."

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http://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-maduro-cubaniza-venezuela-marchas-forzadas-201712310222_noticia.html

It's clear the Chavistas are concerned about only one thing... retaining power. If a few million people have to flee, or a few hundred thousand have to slowly starve, or a couple of hundred people have to die each day because there is no antibiotics, immunizations, insulin or even aspirin... its a small price to pay for the glorious Bolivarian revolucion!

“If only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that’s only statistics.” Joseph Stalin