Cesta Hugo Cháveze k moci
Hugo Chavez's Road to Power

Author(s): Dalibor Bartoš
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, International relations/trade
Published by: AMO – Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky
Keywords: Hugo Chavez; dictatorship in Venezuela;
Summary/Abstract: The outlook for the Venezuelan opposition is poor, as it is unable to unite itself. It is losing one election after another and currently does not have a single lever to push its demands in the country's political system. Chávez's popularity derives from the contentment of the Venezuelan poor, especially in Caracas, which the left-wing populist provides with money from oil sales. Only long-term lower oil prices on world markets can break Chávez's neck. Which is utopia. Rather, he will pay for the fact that he does not invest in the modernization of oil facilities, which are already dilapidated today. As oil production declines, so will the volume of finance for the expanding concept of democratic socialism.

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