I wrote this March 2013. Unfortunately Venezuela is still a country in bad shape. Maduro is not an improvement on Chavez who was terrible.
One
shouldn't celebrate the death of another human being but I for one shall not
shed a tear for this passing of this South American demagogue. Chavez destroyed
his country's economy, cavorted with the vile Iranian leadership, committed
himself to a philosophy of anti-Semitism and greatly curtailed freedom of
speech in Venezuela. While admired by many on the left (the usual voices
who continue to show affection for Mao, Castro and Che) Chavez represented a
regional menace who used simplistic populism to boost his status with the
poorest of the nation while championing a statism that has ruined many an
economy elsewhere. He should not be missed but I am not optimistic that his
successor will curb the folly's of Chavez's realized egoism. We will wait and
see.
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