Sunday, October 23, 2016

Venezuela Update

The slow-motion train wreck that is Maduro's Venezuela continues to tear the country apart. Now the legislature, dominated by opposition members, proposes to try Maduro for violating democracy. Most likely the charge is based on cancelling a referendum on his presidency. Reuters via Yahoo News reports:
The measure is unlikely to get any traction given the government and a compliant Supreme Court have systematically undermined the legislature, but it marked a further escalation of political tensions in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.
As this progresses, I think it likely Maduro will arrest the opposition members of the legislature and declare himself President for Life. It's the Latin American way - via del caudillo.

The article implies Venezuelans think themselves more civilized than other Latins. Why that should be true is entirely unclear, the evidence suggests otherwise.