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Nicolás Maduro wants to Govern by Decree
Reality is seldom simple, one-sided or one-dimensional. That which seems to be a problem or an obstacle is more often than not an opportunity and the winners in times of hardship are those who understand how to take advantage of a crisis to get ahead, even though, getting ahead may not be the moral thing to do. When power falls into the hands of power thirsty people, it is only a matter of time until they seize an opportunity to tigthen control of that power for their own benefit. Today, Venezuela is one of the clearest examples of how power hungry elites with the complicity of the ignorant citizenry and the unsought help of external enemies is capable of seizing power to never let go if it. The response of the Government of Venezuela to the sanctions announced by President Barack Obama, who has declared the South American country as a threat to US interests, has come loaded with nationalist rhetoric and requests by President Nicolás Maduro to accumulate even more power than it already has under the excuse that ‘there is a threat out there’ which Venezuelan’s need protection from sooner rather than later. The Chavez ideology that is still alive in the Venezuelan government is using the supposed existence of an external threat to reinforce the impression that it is a victim of an international conspiracy that aims to evict Maduro from power. It is true, the United States is actively looking to depose Maduro as it attempted to do with Chavez, but governing by decree does not provide any more security to the country, especially when it comes the operation of foreign agents on Venezuelan soil. “Obama decided to personally accomplish the task of overthrowing my government and intervene in Venezuela”, said president Nicolas Maduro, who will ask the Parliament of this country to provide him with extraordinary powers “to legislate against the imperialist threat”. The Venezuelan head of state waited for the completion of the match of the national U17 soccer team, to give an extended speech in which he reviewed his two years in office. It was his way of framing what Obaa said on Monday that opened another chapter in a coup plot supposedly being prepared by opposition politicians, who Maduro suspects are paid agents of America who are exploiting the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution to engage in proselytizing. Maduro named González López, as Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, a position held previously by Admiral Carmen Melendez. González López was until Monday the head of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, the political police. This body is accused by the White House of persecuting political opponents and ignoring their human rights. González López rose from his seat, located next to other military officers, and saluted. Maduro’s speech represented the culmination of a day in which senior officials of his government have referred to sanctions announced by Washington in various ways. Some even have brushed the impudence, thereby mimicking the deceased peculiar Hugo Chavez to refer to American leadership. Chancellor Delcy Rodriguez summoned the Maximiliem Arvelaiz. President of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, called the base of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela to be prepared to mobilize in the imminence of a military attack. The resolution of the White House seems to be a response to the decision of Venezuela to prevent entry into the country of seven Americans, whose names were made public last week. In mid-December, President Barack Obama signed into law the Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Venezuela 2014, previously approved by the US Congress. The law seeks to impose sanctions against Venezuelan government officials in order to supposedly hold them accountable for human rights violations. No Food without Fingerprint As bad as the new attempt by Maduro to grab even more power, the true is that he already has plenty of power in his hands and then some. Recently, the Minister for Food in Venezuela, Yván Bello, announced the installation of about 20,000 fingerprint capturing devices in all government-controlled supermarkets. Seven other private supermarket chains, had joined this initiative as the government seeks to ration the sale of 23 basic food items that it produces or imports in the country. According to the Venezuelan government, this is the solution to the problems of food shortages. The fingerprint readers, which have been already used during the elections trace food deliveries in order to know if a citizen has already bought in public supermarket chains without having to go through a repetitive identification process. The government of Venezuela took responsibility for the import of food items after the declining price of a barrel of oil. The government, which maintains a draconian control the sale and purchase of foreign currency, does not deliver the dollars needed to import raw materials or finished products to companies, and those companies refuse to draw from their own funds to invest in the business. As any other totalitarian regime, the Maduro government sells its intiative to fingerprint citizens as a matter of convenience. The plan is presented as a solution to the long lines of consumers who wait long hours at the gates of supermarkets to purchase basic food products. In early February, the Bolivarian Intelligence Service arrested the chief executive of Farmatodo, after attending a complaint of alleged hoarding. More news from The Real Agenda:
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Source: http://real-agenda.com/2015/03/10/nicolas-maduro-wants-to-govern-by-decree/
