Nicolás Maduro decided to celebrate. 10 years his first election as president be a television presenter. “Mature +” It is the platform where he will try to convince Venezuelans of the necessity of staying in the region every Monday. Miraflores Palace beyond 2024. He chose an interesting company for his early campaign. “don’t get confusedWe will present one of our star presenters,” he said. Sira, Caribbean and incarnated version of SiriThe personal assistant of Apple operating systems. “I was created under the parameters of artificial intelligence I am very happy and honored to join this new field to accompany you, we will succeed‘ said the optimistic beautiful animated hybrid.
“Humanity has entered a new era,” he said.president is impressiveas the left-wing portal ‘Aporrea’ said, While justifying the inclusion of a stylized figure of AI. “We will be at the forefront of everything technologically,” he added. Everything changes, science, ideas, climate, except the ex-bus driver’s electoral aspirations. This elections as suggested by himself, but scheduled for next year Mature days ago, the opposition was able to get ahead without surprise.
A recent poll by Polianalitica gives her an intention to vote 24%. He would be defeated by any opposition candidate in the elections, Henrique Caprilesrightist Maria Corina Machado and comedian Benjamin Rausseo.
The president does not believe the polls and clings to an experience marked by economic disaster. poverty Attributed to the harassment of the United States, to the protests and conspiracies, to the unprecedented exodus of millions of Venezuelans. “Nothing and no one can stop ushe said last Friday.
a terrible decade
The Maduro presidency was the daughter of Hugo Chávez’s misfortune. Due to her terminal illness, she first took on temporary managerial duties. New elections were held. “Heir” defeated by less than two points capillary, denouncing that the competition was tainted with anomalies. This victory was soon questioned in the streets. 13 citizens lost their lives.
in 2015 The government succumbed to the ballot box. This opposition kept checking National Assembly (AN) and sought to force the end of Maduro’s cycle through a recall referendum that was never approved by election officials. The fight has returned to the public domain. 127 people died. Maduro was re-elected in 2018. Opponents turned their backs on a contest full of prohibitions.
Member of Parliament at the end of January 2019 Juan Guido self-proclaimed “responsible president”With the support of Washington and dozens of countries. government facing harsh economic sanctions of the administration donald trump, a coup attempt and a disastrous attempt at an armed attack from abroad. This poverty reached unimaginable limits. This hyperinflation exhausted the purchasing power of the official currency, the bolivar. Millions of Venezuelans have been fed state aid. Even oil production, the main source of income, collapsed.
new challenges
Ten years after an urgent candidacy and countless cases that implied fatality, everything seems to be at the same starting point. Guadio faded, chavism became madurismo, in alliance with the Armed Forces and formed its own personality cult mechanisms. This Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a catastrophe in the global energy market, and hand in hand with Venezuelan crude, “head of workers“He went from being, in his own words, a global pariah to a bearable figure once again despite serious accusations. human rights violation. HE dollar he is the master and master of an economy that they are still trying to steer towards a dubious socialist horizon. The resulting corruption scandal state oil company PDVSA imprisoned dozens of former officials, left untouched. “There will be no cohabitation or complicity, I swear to you,” he said.
Venezuelan Also got some back regional leadership From the political changes in Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. Caracas offered to contribute to the peace negotiations that his colleague was trying to lead. Gustavo Petro With various armed groups, the Colombian is trying to pay off his debt with an international conference to steer the internal conflict in Venezuela. The meeting was postponed to 25 April.
In Mexico, some of the opposition participating in the negotiations with the Government expressed their confidence in the Petro initiative. “All the support of Venezuela for this summit”reassured the president on his television show. By the way, Petro would like to discuss this matter with you. Joe Biden in the next few hours. Prior to this meeting, the day that Russian foreign minister Serguei Lavrov set foot in Caracas, the government warned that dialogue with the adversaries could not progress “as long as the unilateral coercive measures imposed by imperialism continue”.