Cool language and fix economy, says Venezuela leader's former aide

[brooklynite]

Source: Reuters

Venezuela's government must calm its rhetoric and make pragmatic fixes to an ailing economy after losing the legislature to the opposition for the first time in 16 years, a former senior aide to President Nicolas Maduro said in an interview.

And the opposition should not be overconfident, given the Socialists still won more than 40 percent of votes despite the economic crisis, warned Temir Porras, who was also an aide to Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez.

"I do not doubt this is a very impressive victory for the opposition but it's also a very fragile one," said Porras, 41, who still calls himself "Chavista" despite being pushed out of government in 2013 over differences with Maduro.

"Venezuela remains very polarized with an advantage to the opposition forces. But let's not make the mistake of thinking two-thirds of people in Venezuela are now supporting the opposition," he told Reuters.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN0U01TB20151217

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Just another CIA sellout...

[iandhr]

1. I hope the CIA sellout comment was a joke