David Usborne, The Independent: Corruption, falling oil prices and talk of a coup: The end of Chavez's socialist dream in Venezuela
Special Report: It is two years since Hugo Chavez's death but to his followers it feels like a lifetime. Venezuela is collapsing amid falling oil prices, rampant corruption, political oppression - and dark rumours of an imminent coup
The government says the body of Hugo Chavez is where it should be, encased in the black marble tomb set in the courtyard of a small military fort overlooking Caracas under the guard of four Hussars and touched by the hands of a constant stream of pilgrims. But then it says a lot of things. Such as claiming that the United States backed a recent plot to bomb the presidential palace. And how in Venezuela all is well.
WNU Editor: The spirit revolution is dead .... I have no doubts about that. The only question that remains is .... will Venezuela become another Cuba where Maduro and his allies stay in power using the power of the state to quell all opposition .... will unrest and protests become the norm but nothing changes and the country remains polarized .... or will events spiral out of control and a violent uprising becomes the result.
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