How a Democracy Can Implode

As businesses shut down and food became scarce Maduro printed even more money. This cycle destroyed the economy and has brought Venezuela from wealth and democracy to the brink of collapse and possible civil war. Eighty percent of Venezuelans oppose Maduro and believe that he is the puppet of those who actually control Venezuela: the Cubans, the drug traffickers, and Hugo Chavez’s political heirs.  The extraordinary influence that Cuba has gained in Venezuela is due primarily to the deep emotional attachment and close political alliance that Chavez developed toward Fidel Castro years earlier More…