Venezuela's identity crisis
Daily News - eluniversal.com
Michael Rowan
Special for El Universal
"Venezuela is unsure about who it is, what it was, or where it is going. Venezuela has no clear idea that unifies its people on a common path. The country suffers from existential uncertainty and an identity crisis.
Bolivar had a great idea about liberty and achieved it with a clear message, great courage, and strategic organization. Bolivar's second idea about Gran Colombia under his leadership did not share those qualities and could not be achieved because it was more about what Bolivar wanted than what the people of Gran Colombia wanted.
The struggle for democracy was a great idea but the Pacto de Punto Fijo was not. That pact was not primarily for the people but to solidify the control of two political parties. When it failed the people from the 1970s to the 1990s, it collapsed of its own weight. Chavez had a great idea about sharing the oil wealth with the people and ending poverty and corruption - 90% of Venezuelans loved that idea in 1999. But Chavez abandoned it in favor of taking over Gran Colombia, Latin America and maybe the world." Read on.
Michael Rowan
Special for El Universal
"Venezuela is unsure about who it is, what it was, or where it is going. Venezuela has no clear idea that unifies its people on a common path. The country suffers from existential uncertainty and an identity crisis.
Bolivar had a great idea about liberty and achieved it with a clear message, great courage, and strategic organization. Bolivar's second idea about Gran Colombia under his leadership did not share those qualities and could not be achieved because it was more about what Bolivar wanted than what the people of Gran Colombia wanted.
The struggle for democracy was a great idea but the Pacto de Punto Fijo was not. That pact was not primarily for the people but to solidify the control of two political parties. When it failed the people from the 1970s to the 1990s, it collapsed of its own weight. Chavez had a great idea about sharing the oil wealth with the people and ending poverty and corruption - 90% of Venezuelans loved that idea in 1999. But Chavez abandoned it in favor of taking over Gran Colombia, Latin America and maybe the world." Read on.
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