tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post30411041965140942..comments2024-03-18T19:50:24.376+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: What happened today: the post-Chavez regime digs in and scales up repressionDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-33995822948186026102013-08-08T22:07:22.399+02:002013-08-08T22:07:22.399+02:00Quite frankly, I think the rest of South America w...Quite frankly, I think the rest of South America would let him get away with it. Mercosur would stand aside and watch it happen so long as Venezuela's petro-dollars keep flowing. NorskeDivnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38711925478903507312013-08-08T14:46:46.454+02:002013-08-08T14:46:46.454+02:00Not knowing the specifics of how Cuba "select...Not knowing the specifics of how Cuba "selects" candidates for the lower level participatory democracy, I have to wonder if Maduro is just taking direction from Havana to set up a mirror political environment. It certainly seems that way with the persecution of the opposition.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16513693238751837829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15822766262692063202013-08-08T06:23:06.990+02:002013-08-08T06:23:06.990+02:00The opposition has no chance to win in court becau...The opposition has no chance to win in court because there is no justice and there is no possibility of winning an election when the tyrants control the vote count process and media. I heard that the military is now going to have its own media and businesses too. I am trying to figure out if they are modelled after the USSR or China or North Korea or Cuba the most.<br /><br />I doubt it can last as long as it did in the Soviet Union, but I guess the future will tell us.GeronLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145189615256636055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-49663689705704708092013-08-08T03:51:57.173+02:002013-08-08T03:51:57.173+02:00the days of "dissent" are over and that ...<i>the days of "dissent" are over and that we are moving toward a more classical form of dictatorship.</i><br /><br />Agree. The pretend mask of democracy has been slipping off for a few weeks now...sydnoreply@blogger.com