Thursday, December 3, 2015

Socialism Is At Stake In Venezuela’s Upcoming Election

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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