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Venezuela: A Revolution That Will Not Die

Author-selected excerpts from Eric Draister’s December 17, 2015 article on Venezuela.

Much has been written about the outcome of Venezuela’s Dec. 6 legislative elections, with many of the analyses justifiably focusing on the shortcomings of the Socialist Party (PSUV) and the difficulty of the current state of affairs in the country. Indeed, even before the political body was cold, post-mortem examinations abounded in the corporate and alternative media, with dissections of seemingly every aspect of the Bolivarian Republic’s political, economic, and social life.
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But what these journalists and political analysts often overlook is the determination of the core of the Bolivarian Revolution, the radical base that is committed to preserving what Hugo Chavez began building more than 17 years ago. This is not a revolution that can be undone with one election, nor can it be simply legislated out of existence. This Revolution will not, as some cynics have argued, be brought down by the weight of its own contradictions, or by internal rot and corruption, or by external forces such as assassinations and economic destabilization.
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Instead, the Revolution will survive. It will be resurgent. It will be reborn thanks to the commitment of millions of dedicated Chavistas.
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While one may take this as an article of faith, it is instead a conclusion born of experience in Venezuela, one that is informed by dozens of conversations with activists and organizers whose words of love and dedication to the revolution are matched only by their actions to build it.
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In building the Revolution, these men, women, and children are pledged to defend it.

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Jerry "Peacemaker"
Jerry "Peacemaker"
Dec 24, 2015 2:51 AM

After seeing what lengths those who want to control oil will go to by killing >1,000 Nigerians, pray that violence leading to civil war in Venezuela (four days by oil tanker to Texas) doesn’t break out.

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Dec 20, 2015 5:25 AM

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