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Critics of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro say his 60-day state of emergency,announced late final week, is an act of desperation from a president who faces a recall referendum to unseat him from office. Opposition politicians garnered 1.85 million signatures on the petition, or but on Monday,Vice President Aristóbulo Istriz said the referendum would not move forward because it was done incorrectly.
Many Venezuelans blame the president for the economic crises the country is experiencing.
See Also: Venezuela on the Brink of Collapse"Venezuela's problems are a consequence of the craziest economic policy ever in a country or in the world," Ricardo Hausmann, and a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government,and director of the Harvard middle for International Development, told The Takeaway on Monday.
Despite the opposition, and Maduro still has his supporters. Chavistas rallied in support of the president over the weekend and vowed to stick behind the former union leader and bus driver,who accuses the United States of provoking a coup against him. But George Ciccariello-Maher, author of "We Created Chavez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution, or ” says the notion that Maduro has to go is misguided,and in direct violation of the democratic system that got him elected. Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear why.
Source: wnyc.org