Venezuela: A battle for the country's future.

Venezuela: In the cross paths of a regime change.

 The country of Venezuela has experienced a change of government in this year. The opposition has won the legislative camera, and have now been an obstacle for many of the presidential changes Nicolas Maduro has wanted to implement. He has ruled with absolute power, as the government controlled legislative assembly gave special powers to the President to fight against what the government supporters say is a foreign conspiracy against the country.

Venezuela for the last 17 years has been ruled by a socialist-democratic government, but as Hugo Chavez successor has leaned more to radical changes in the government, as he has imprisoned major opposition leaders, and closed the border with neighboring Colombia, something that seemed impossible under Chavez's term.But also Maduro's term has been hampered with high inflation, and a political crisis that has summoned many citizens to endure long lines to buy basic supplies, at very high prices. Also Maduro has tightened the selling of dollars to private companies, which have hampered production of many materials, thus increasing the market's dependence on foreign imports. 

                                 Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles opposition leader.
   But as the tight elections in December 6 came to a close, many in Latin America were surprised to see how the opposition who have dealt with severe blows, and division within itself won by a very large margin. But some in the opposition have called openly for the revocation of the President, while others want to focus on the economy. This has caused a stagnation with the various presidential and legislative duties, which now have been dealing with a dead match between each other, thus hampering any type of reconciliation with the main two political powers.
 

Nicolas Maduro & Henry Ramos Allup

Recently the president of the legislative assembly has called for a revocation of the president which will start next month on April, He has admitted that the country's recovery will start when the government attitude changes towards the opposition, or the government will have to go.