Post by peterd on Mar 7, 2013 8:33:01 GMT -8
Restoring democracy in the oil dictatorship won't be easy, even with the dictator gone.
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is dead. But chavismo, the military government that he fashioned with the help of Cuba over his 14-year rule, lives on. Restoring democracy in the oil dictatorship won't be easy, even without the caudillo in the red beret fomenting hatred on a daily basis. Meanwhile, Venezuelans will endure even deeper hardship than they do now.
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Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is dead. But chavismo, the military government that he fashioned with the help of Cuba over his 14-year rule, lives on. Restoring democracy in the oil dictatorship won't be easy, even without the caudillo in the red beret fomenting hatred on a daily basis. Meanwhile, Venezuelans will endure even deeper hardship than they do now.
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324128504578344620552736516.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop