Rallies and marches are filling the
streets and graffiti is covering the capital city’s walls as a deeply divided
Venezuela approaches this year’s key legislative elections. When nearly 20
million Venezuelans go to the polls on December 6, the control of the National
Assembly will hang in the balance, and tensions have been on the rise. If the
ruling Socialist Party loses its majority, President Nicolas Maduro will be
constrained in furthering his progressive agenda — much like the U.S.’
GOP-controlled Congress has blocked many of President Obama’s policies and
nominees. “If we lose these elections, we lose everything,” Socialist Party
volunteer Zulay Castillo told ThinkProgress. “We’ll only have a paper
president, because where does everything really get decided? In the National
Assembly.” More…
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