Venezuela's Useful Idiots

[Coyotl]

3. Venezuela is a nation, not a regime.

And the revolution is a success. The attempts at a coup are the failures.

Let's talk democracy, the recent elections, and the Constitutional process of a stable government. Anarchy in the streets costs lives and will not result in the sought-after overthrow of Venezuela's democracy.

Here is a less-biased report:

Major rival protests staged in Venezuela
Police and anti-government protesters confront each in the capital Caracas.
23 Feb 2014 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/mass-rival-protests-staged-venezuela-2014222144349914418.html

Caracas - Venezuelans have held a new wave of demonstrations as both supporters of the government and opposition staged major rallies in a country that has been roiled by violence in recent days.

Pro-government "Chavista women" held a march "against fascism" on Saturday in Caracas, while the opposition staged a rally for "peace".

At a pro-government rally in the capital, where an Al Jazeera correspondent estimated thousands in attendance, Caridad Blanco, a retired person, told Al Jazeera: "The opposition is causing the violence. I am afraid to go to Chacao [a pro-opposition area]. We are rallying here for peace and our homeland."

"My life had improved greatly. In 1999, there were 300,000 pensioners. Now there are three million.

"My mother worked as an ironing lady. She had no pension before but now she does. This is an example of what our government has done," she added.

Daisy Perez, a cleaning lady and government supporter, told Al Jazeera: "We have created more employment [during the socialist period], schools and universities have been built."

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