Venezuela, Four Years after Chávez

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Venezuelans marked the fourth anniversary of the death of President Hugo Chávez, leader of the so-called “Bolivarian Revolution.” Chávez was president from 1999 to when he died on March 5, 2013, at the age of 58, after battling cancer for nearly two years. Some Venezuelans marched in parades and listened to speeches, while others protested. They were joined by “Bolivarian” well-wishers and critics throughout the region. Chávez died right after winning another 6-year term as president, which went to his vice president, Nicolás Maduro, who barely eked out a victory with 50.62% of the vote in a special election. In the years since, as Maduro has put his heart and soul into filling Chávez’s “Twenty-First Century Socialist” shoes, the Venezuelan economy has largely collapsed, violent crime has exploded, the notoriously disjointed opposition has managed to take control of the Asamblea Nacional, and Maduro has been universally condemned for jailing political opponents. 

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