Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela give Maduro the Jitters

Demoralization, disappointment, discouragement, despair. This is what the government of Nicolás Maduro wants to cause among the people opposing it.All of these words start with a D, but none has to do with democracy. We are sure that more repressive actions such as the one that ended in the arrest of the mayor of metropolitan Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, last week will be coming from the Miraflores presidential palace soon enough. Venezuela’s ruling elite knows well that it needs high levels of abstention from those opposing it so that it remains in power. If everyone opposing Maduro’s regime go vote this year, the majority of the next Parliament will be made up of democratic lawmakers. More…