This article was posted on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 at 6 32am and is filed under, Imperialism, Libya, Media, Militarism, Opinion, President Bashar al-Assad, President Hugo Chavez, President Nicolas Maduro, Syria, United States, Venezuela... ..…
Oil revenues became the chief contributor to Chávez increasing the power of the presidency and the military force of Venezuela. ... Maduro became president of Venezuela after Chavez's death in 2013 and inherited his carefully constructed militarized state apparatus. ..…
I spent the day before the Plaza Las Mercedes rally talking to my Venezuelan friend Alex, who is also a journalist and has seen Venezuela change from Chávez to Maduro. He sees a red thread throughout Venezuela’s modern political history. . ..…
He had also alarmed the right wing opposition by seeking closer ties with oil-rich Venezuela's leftist leader Hugo Chavez. . ..…
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