Chavismocide's Collapse In Venezuela

After undergoing Chavismo for twelve years, the truth is unveiling itself and the faults and errors of Hugo Chávez are understood. Infusions of chas funneleed intno social programs, the signs of decay are all evidnet eventhough Venezuela had underwent the largest oil boom in its history. During Chavismo, The policies and idiologies of Hugo Chávez (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.), the number of homocides had reached an unimaginable extent. Reports indicate that during an average weekend there are more deaths in Caracas than in Baghdad and Kabul combined, also giving Carcas a title as the most dangerous capitals in the world, and also the most dagerous cities. Within A Surge to the Center, Michael Shifter states that The number of violent deaths in Venezuela has overtaken the body count of Mexico’s drug wars, moreover, there was little to no hope of justice because more than ninety one percent of the murders go unprosecuted. The price of oil in Venezuela was about $108 per barrel, and Chávez declaired that 95 percent of the amount above $100 a barrel will go towards social programs. (Michael Shifter 2013, pg.117). In doing this people and access to goods that they have never had in their lives. Therefore, there were modest improvements in people’s social conditions, …show more content…
It should not be mistaken that Venezuela was given the right to vote and Hugo Chávez was fairly voted and revoted, and he severed a presenditial term from 1999-2013 with the support of his people. One of the key reasons he was able to achieve this was because he offered and paid for social programs which traditional leaders ignored. Moreover, he created a sense of trust between him and the Venezuelan population, they believed he cared for them. Eventhough the programs turned out to be inefficient the government was incompident, which created many of the problems Venezuela faced and continues to