[Published by Partido Obrero (Argentina) Communiqué April 15, 2013 http://po.org.ar/blog/2013/04/15/altamira-el-chavismo-ha-convertido-a-una-oposicion-sin-destino-en-alternativa-politica/ (scroll down for Spanish version)]
"Maduro's narrow victory amounts to a political defeat for the cliques seeking to replace Chavez' regime of personal power. Within weeks, a lead of over ten points and the popular commotion caused by the death of Chavez were squandered. They made a political campaign without making any significant proposals on the collapse of the economy; on the contrary, they started a round of devaluations and capital flight with no end in sight. His opponent, however, exhibited an heretofore unfamiliar caudillismo, a veritable Chavez of the opposition, with a right-wing populist demagoguery taken from part of the Chavista program: keeping the missions, wage increases and support for the so-called 'peace process' in Colombia. Maduro counterposed a bird and a mediation with the afterlife. The post Chavez clique managed to convert an opposition going nowhere into a political alternative. Amidst the currency devaluation and economic disruption, the heirs of Chavez handed over 700,000 voters to the right! While Maduro exhibited a bird as a medium, Capriles practiced demagoguery against the official austerity measures. Cristina Kirchner was quick to congratulate Maduro, and cover up the disaster. Given the political defeat of her ally, this comes as a warming, in the face of economic disruption and the current tax and rate hikes now in progress. For the collapse of K[irchnerism] not to benefit the Argentine Capriles, it is necessary to further the development of a left alternative." ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
