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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:26 AM Feb 2020

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'Chavismo' Fades As Venezuela's Poor Suffer

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/17/695536858/chavismo-fades-as-venezuela-s-poor-suffer

Venezuela's poor were the beneficiaries of Chavez's Bolivarian socialist revolution. But 20 years later, they have little food and medicine and few jobs, eroding support for President Maduro.

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'Chavismo' Fades As Venezuela's Poor Suffer (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Feb 2020 OP

But the glorious workers' paradise...where did it go? Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #1

Just need another charismatic corrupt leader and an oil boom Bacchus4.0 Feb 2020 #2

Why anyone still supports this dictator, Maduro, dware Feb 2020 #3

Lots of love for Hugo so better not to talk Bacchus4.0 Feb 2020 #4

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)

1. But the glorious workers' paradise...where did it go?

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:40 AM

Feb 2020

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)

2. Just need another charismatic corrupt leader and an oil boom

Reply to Loki Liesmith (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 12, 2020, 10:30 AM

Feb 2020

since there already plenty of gullible people to manipulate.

dware

(12,416 posts)

3. Why anyone still supports this dictator, Maduro,

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2020, 11:34 AM

Feb 2020

is beyond me, especially on DU.

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)

4. Lots of love for Hugo so better not to talk

Reply to dware (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 12, 2020, 02:03 PM

Feb 2020

About his handpicked successor Maduro and the Venezuela catastrophe

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