As a former supporter of Maduro, I find this thread hilarious. Maduro is such a joke that he needs to be replaced by a more serious person if the PSUV wants to keep winning election after election (I think Cabello would be a decent option).
I don't know what some left-wingers like about a Government that is managing to keep Venezuela isolated from the rest of the World, with an inflation over 50%, a President who sees Chávez on the walls, Christian ideals that don't let them pass abortion, SSM and pot legislation... And, most important, there isn't a safe place in Venezuela to live in. People are still killed in Caracas every day, they haven't reduced crime rates and in some places it has even gone up since Chávez took the Presidency.
There are some positives, of course, but the country is run by clowns right now. I will not be supporting them just because they call themselves "socialists". No. Give me the "social-liberal" Governments of Brazil and Uruguay, instead. They get things done and win by larger margins than Maduro without the need of making elections a bit... "opaque".
I suppose I'd be a fascist uprising against Maduro if I were Venezuelan. I don't want to be on the same place the right-wing opposition is, but it's my opinion that I'd be fighting for low inflation and security if I were Venezuelan (also, if a Government wants my support they have to make a push for abortion and SSM).
Also, for those who understand Spanish. Imagine the President of any other democracy doing this. I regret my endorsement of Chávez after watching some of his actions on Youtube. But I find this one specially telling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoE4q7GDA2gIf I keep saying that Spain is not really a democracy just because we still have voting rights... I can't say Venezuela is for the same reason. And even Rajoy's Government is less arbitrary than PSUV oligarchy and their TV programmes. I'd still vote for them in a PSUV v. PP race, however.
