{"id":73705,"date":"2017-07-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73705"},"modified":"2017-07-31T09:52:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:52:39","slug":"dont-weep-for-me-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73705","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Weep For Me, Venezuela…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, couldn’t resist that line.<\/p>\n

This morning’s news about Venezuela is that the people of Venezuela did not want the 1999 constitution replaced by Maduro’s rule. \u00a0That was what their election was supposed to address.<\/p>\n

It did not go the way they had hoped. \u00a0In some places, voters were blocked from the polls altogether.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jul\/30\/fear-of-violence-hangs-over-venezuela-assembly-election<\/a><\/p>\n

And now we have to worry about what is going to happen in that country. If the Venezuelans in general are as vocal as they seem to be about how much they detest Maduro and his attempts at dictatorship, then it\u2019s logical to start asking if this is going to be another episode like Peron, Pinochet or Allende, where people just disappear….<\/p>\n

This is several decades after those attempts to install Marxist governments, and both Chile and Argentina have settled down. Some of my winter fruits and veggies come from Chile and I have wine from the Rapel Valley. Good stuff. \u00a0Chile has become a mecca for skibums and snow bunnies. This simply shows that a free market economy will make a country prosper.<\/p>\n

But this disquiet in Venezuela does not look good. I hope our people have been evacuated from Caracas, and that these riots do not result in wholesale destruction. It’s unclear how much loyalty the military have for Maduro. \u00a0That remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

I can say that when it makes reports at the local news stations, which are frequently dull as a stick, it’s not just another election.<\/p>\n

Maduro has, unless I find otherwise, become Venezuela’s dictator.<\/p>\n

Allende committed suicide after three years.<\/p>\n

I wonder how long Maduro will last.<\/p>\n

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