Nicolas Maduro did not Steal the Venezuelan Elections - By Greg Palast

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2. Wonderful info.

Thanks, Catherina.

The opposition spent the last three elections trying to convince the voters that they changed, that they were moderate, that they were even sympathetic to lhe left. In spite of all harm they caused after the last election, there was something positive: their masks fell. They've shown that they are still under control of the same reactionary, resentful , truculent right wing.

The opposition's actions contradicted their words and they got exposed for what they are. They do not want to administrate the social welfare that Chávez left. They never intended to do so. They want to destroy it. Literally. Demanding the expulsion of doctors, threatening patients with guns, throwing Molotov cocktails in clinics, killing citizens that tried to protect health care centers, setting fire in popular markets, PSUV headquarters, health care centers, public housing, public TV stations.

The voters sympathethic to social programs established by Chávez that were skeptical of voting for Maduro probably understood by now that the victory of the opposition would not bring a correction to chavista governence, but an irreparable backlash.