Democracy in Venezuela

Why Democracy Does Not Work In Venezuela

Introduction

The biggest military mission of the United States present in Latin American is placed on magnificent petroleum take of the Standard and Gulfs. There are many reasons why democracy does not seem to work in Venezuela. Apparently, Venezuela is a democracy. But it is pertinent that people stop believing the corporate media and what is shown on it and study the important aspects that make a country a democracy or classify it as a country that does not have democracy. People in Venezuela have seen to be electing the same person and his supporters into power (Galeano, 2009).

Election of Hugo Chavez

Before the election of Hugo Chavez as president, politics in Venezuela seemed to be dominated by two of the official parties that represented and spoke for only the interests of the Venezuelans who were the wealthiest, but completely ignored the needs and problems of the 80% of population who were living life below the poverty line or in poverty. A coalition and collaboration of the population had rejected the usual way in which business took place in the country when it came to election and that is when Chavez got elected. However, the heads of the corporate giants and the union leaders who were corrupt tried to overthrow and defeat Chavez in the year 2002, but he has the support of the masses of people who retaliated against the opposition brewing up against him and took to the streets for the purpose of defending their democratic government (Witmer, 2006). This caused Chavez to earn a major share of the votes in the next election.

The Role of Natural Resources

Direct power was given to communities for the purpose of administration various social programs and the government tried to support the explosion of cooperative enterprises, ranging from factories run by workers to cooperatives that were as many as thousands. These things made a whooping majority of the people in Venezuela believe that their country is totally democratic (Galeano, 2009). In order to be truly democratic, the country has to be faithful and true to its natural resources and their protection and reserve their protection and security within the hands of its own government. However, that is not present in the case of Venezuela. The United States pays lesser for Venezuelan and Brazilian iron compared to the iron which belongs to its own subsoil. However, this reason alone is not the reason why there is a strong desire for deposits of ore in other countries. The capture of mines in the foreign states is known to be an imperative when national security is concerned, and therefore it is more than just mere brassiness. Steel is a very important element that cannot be produced without presence of iron, and about 85% of the industrial production of U.S. has steel in some form or the other.

Ecological Problems

Venezuela also has ecological problems like many other countries. Apart from that, most of these problems actually precede the Bolivarian ...