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Zorro

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3. Your cogent ruminations on Manuro's fate have been quite interesting
Sat May 18, 2013, 10:24 AM
May 2013

Despite all the bluster, I think he realizes he's in over his head and is letting Diosdado Cabello pull his strings -- an expedient and short term solution perhaps, but Cabello is not Manuro's friend.

Blaming conspiracies by outside forces for the economic problems will only go so far. Real reforms and new approaches are needed desperately, and Cabello is more than willing to remain in the background and let Manuro take the heat for any policy changes that go counter to Hugo's legacy. There are reports in the Spanish media that the government plans to charge rent on those properties built for the poor; one wonders what the backlash will be.

I suspect Manuro will be gone in 2 - 3 years, and quite possibly not through "free and fair elections". Who will be his replacement? The notoriously corrupt Diosdado Cabello, keeper of the Chavez flame/reputed narcotrafficker Rangel Silva, or ???

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