Simón Rodríguez is a Venezuelan activist, editor at Venezuelanvoices.org, and a member of International Workers’ Unity-Fourth International. He is a co-author of the book Why Did Chavismo Fail?
The high abstention indicates that the working majority understood the irrelevance of the election. Voting could not have any impact on the disastrous national situation because the parliament had been de facto deprived of all its functions for several years.
Under the global spotlight for the past two months, Venezuela is perhaps the most debated and at the same time misunderstood country in recent times. The truth embraces demanding paradoxes: a country ruined but rich in resources, with a civilian-military . . .
Our Winter 2023 issue has now been published!