The Tragedy of Venezuela on BBC2

I missed it, sadly...watching football

I found this on the internet
http://theconversation.com/how-todays-crisis-in-venezuela-was-created-by-hugo-chavezs-revolutionary-plan-61474

which I suspect was the area this program covered.

I think the problem of the Americas is the giant in the North, the United States...
They will not have communism or even socialism if the can possibly help it.
They also expect this of all of the Americas....which they consider their bailiwick.

Anyone going against this will get a hard time.

Worse still in Venezuala it appears Chavez of communist/socialist leanings, has used corruption to further his aims, so Venezuela has had to suffer form all sides hers
I am of communist/socialists leanings myself but cannot in any way justify Chavez, he is bad.

I hope he is replaced by a more centre/right government which will help the people of Venezuela.


ps

I will watch this program if it comes on again treetop

Chavez first task was to look after the welfare of Venezuela, as that was his JOB.


Which he appears to have failed at, anything else was secondary.

He began well but it seemed as if power went to his head as he drank the acclaim of popularity. Grand gestures for the poor deserved applause but forgetting that the oil companies were his bank,he put in his cronies to replace seasoned oil executives and the money ran out to deliver a million per cent inflation leaving 90% of the population unable to feed themselves under Madoro when Chavez died. Easy to blame USA but he didn't need to pick a fight with them anyway.

I never thought the United States ever made it easy for Cuba

But this is a different country.