Venezuela After the Elections: More Concessions to the Capitalists
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Venezuela After the Elections: More Concessions to the Capitalists, While Economic Crisis Worsens
Jorge Martin examines the post‐electoral situation in Venezuela in the context of the crisis, the imperialist siege, and the most recent actions from the Caribbean nation's executive.
By Jorge Martin - In Defence of Marxism
Compared to 2013, Maduro has lost 1,338,715 votes while the electoral register has increased by 1,622,614. (AgenciaAndes)
The Venezuelan elections on 20 May were merely an episode in a long saga of imperialist aggression, economic crisis and the deterioration of living conditions for the working class and poor. The reelected Maduro government has continued its policy of making concessions and appeals to the capitalists. If it wasn’t for t...