tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post9190023419691065547..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: "Poder Popular" and elections: this is no democracy (but you already did know that!)Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-9505449325445927682010-03-06T18:47:42.078+01:002010-03-06T18:47:42.078+01:00I actually saw the Nicaraguan version (Comites de ...I actually saw the Nicaraguan version (Comites de Defensa Sandinista) established with Cuban and East German help - and they were very bad news, as Daniel describes. I don't have any doubt at all that the same thing will happen in Venezuela, assuming no one opposes the idea... <br /><br /> Correa's politburo (and that's what it's called, el buro politco) has come out with the idea of establishing Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion here in Ecuador (these guys are so original in their thinking!). Fortunately (at this point, anyway), the opposition within the Asamblea Nacional, in the media and in other sectors, has nixed the idea, and the Correa government has backed down for the moment. <br /><br />Still, the Correaista Mayor of Quito has called for the establishment of comites barriales, ostensibly for the purpose of improving dialogue between local neighborhoods and the Ayunatmiento. Political analysts are keeping a wary eye on this development and we'll see what happens....<br /><br />In the meantime, I wish your consejos comunales the very worst of luck, and please, please, please come up with a decent political philosophy around which an effective opposition can coalesce, before Chavez runs your country into the ground completely...Tambopaxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978665666431987347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-6768523501778029712010-03-06T13:20:36.966+01:002010-03-06T13:20:36.966+01:00Excellent post.
Little extra warning I do all the...Excellent post.<br /><br />Little extra warning I do all the time: "consejo" in Russian is "soviet". These idiots have repeatedly said Venezuela's socialism will be different than what they had in Europe because there will be the consejos...but consejos are the same crap as the "Soviets" (thus "consejos") had. In reality, those consejos are, like the Russian soviets, a farce: they are all the time controlled by the Party.<br />In the Soviet Union the Cheka played a vital role in intimidating people, mobbing, moving crowds to attack those who thought differently, eventually getting rid of undesired persons<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka<br /><br />In Venezuela I have read there is already some legislation on the pipeline about the role of the PSUV in consejos, which is absolutely an attack to democracy, you cannot make a party integral part of a permanent system.<br /><br />I am very worried because I don't see people in the opposition going to explain the things you are explaining. Instead of having those 20 heavy weights as Ravell et alia waisting time in competing for two seats in the capital's East, at least half of them should just spend their resources trying to educate people. We all should do our best to try to tell people about how they will lose control with these consejos.<br /><br />Great job, Daniel, pero escribe eso en castellano! :-)<br />Kudos to YoaniKeplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.com