What Happens To Venezuela Now That Chavez Is Dead?
The short answer is that no one knows.
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remym2 2 months ago…..but you answered your own question. Chavez named a successor, his VP. So, that’s what happens to Venezuela. I mean, clearly other things will happen too that aren’t so apparent, but your basic question was “who will take over?”, which you then proceeded to answer. And then kinda take back. Decide!!!
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Happy Dude 2 months agoOh yes, “dictator” who won more elections with higher margin than any leader in the world, elections that the Carter Foundation called some of the most participatory and fair in the world. The man who “wasted” Venezuela’s money on programs that just happened to cut poverty in half and extreme poverty by 70% since fending off the coup and taking control of the oil in 2004. Who expanded health care and university education to all who desired, reduced inequality, and reversed decades of economic decline. Chavez was very wrong to offer solidarity to Middle Eastern dictatorships, but he operated from the viewpoint that almost every Latin American country has had brutal and corrupt dictatorships installed or given crucial support by the US. He saw his enemies’ enemies as his friends, an error that US leaders know all too well. He also focused too much on increasing consumption vs. building real industry beyond resource extraction. (The rich actually benefitted a lot from the inflated Venezuelan currency while industry suffered.) Not a saint, but someone who (in both action and as a symbol) did much to advance Latin America away from the violence and subservience of centuries past.
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