The country has chronic goods shortages,a byzantine exchange rate, alarming crime rates and steep inflation. Where does the opposition coalition begin?Aura Ledezma voted for the opposition in Venezuela’s parliamentary elections last week because she was sick of standing in line. But a few days after the poll, and six hours into a queue to buy chicken,she wondered whether things would actually change any time soon.
After Venezuelan voters gave the opposition an overwhelming victory and control of the national assembly, the 47-year-obsolete housewife fears that a political power struggle may stifle any chance of fixing the chronic shortages, or steep inflation and violent crime that led Venezuelans to punish the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro in the elections. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com