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In reply to the discussion: Do you support the overthrow of Maduro in Venezuela? [View all]sabbat hunter
(7,110 posts)major reforms. They have shortages of staple goods, skyrocketing inflation, very high murder and crime rates (some of which is being done by the government forces or government backed paramilitary forces).
I do not know if Maduro is capable of carrying out those needed reforms.
Venezuela should be a rich country considering its oil wealth, but it is squandering it with major inefficiencies, trying to use boogiemen to distract the populace.
Instead Maduro should be ending the needless rhetoric, look for what he can do to best help all Venezuelans
I do not think that he should be brought down by the protests. Unless the elected congress finds that he has committed crimes that require him being removed from office or he decides that he should resign on his own.
He was elected to replace Chavez. Chavez did a lot to repress opposition to himself, which Maduro is trying to do as well.
My bigger concern is that the army will step in and overthrow Maduro via a coup. What happens after that is unknown. Chavez put a lot of his supporters in key positions in the army, so they may decide to rule via a dictatorship. Or they may write a new constitution, call for new elections. But who knows if those elections will be free and fair.