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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela protests: thousands march as military faces call to abandon Maduro [View all]GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)Chavez would be just as vilified as Maduro right now. The only thing Chavez had that Maduro doesn't is charisma. He was a dynamic entertainer who could go on and on for hours (we now know why, thanks to journalist and former Chavist Eva Golinger) in his cadenas.
Had Chavez not gotten cancer and died, he would be in the same position as Maduro... he and his cronies bled Venezuela dry. They nationalized every viable business and promptly ruined them. He did exactly what he railed on and on about, the COPEI and AD thieves. Only worse
The best thing that could have ever happened to Venezuela is that Chavez never got cancer and it is he who would be getting this reckoning. Far too many Venezuelans consider him God-like. He certainly does have a cult of personality there. Though two days ago, El Pueblo burned down a statue of him.