US Continues Seeking a Regime Change in Venezuela


Venezuela, oil-dependent country, is further facing the economic bankruptcy and political collapse due to the dramatic drop in crude oil prices in the international market and political unrest within the country.
The Venezuela's political stalemate has broken out in early 2014 when protesters mostly students gathered on streets, calling the new democratically elected president to address some social issues including rise of crime rate, shortage of basic product within markets, and inflation.

The mass demonstrations in Caracas led to the severe crackdown on protesters and rioters, leaving hundreds people dead and injured. Consequently, the United States condemned the bloodiest crackdowns and imposed sanction against Venezuela. It's believed that the U.S has masterminded the mass protests, which aimed to topple the socialist regime in Caracas.

Currently, Venezuelan people start demanding their government to take action in response to the economic recession, however; the government of president Nicolas Maduro undeniably fails to address these issues.

Some Venezuelans have been criticizing president Maduro and calling for the resignation of the president , paving the way for the new election to choose the new leader. But it is not an easy thing to seek for change of the presidency in the Latino-socialist nation because power and arms forces are in the strongman's pocket.

To preserve his power, president Maduro moves aggressively to subdue all opposition and rights activists including leaders of student movement. Some opposition leaders have been arrested while some are facing criminal charges, without trial.

Due to the political chaos and economic downturn in Venezuela, the Obama administration might find out it is a good chance to pursue its advocacy on democracy and rule of law in the country by seeking for the regime change.

But I still believe Maduro has learnt much more from his predecessor, Hugo Chavez of ways to preserve power and avoid the foreign interference. I would recall that, backs then, during the presidency of Hugo Chavez who was elected in 2000, there was an attempted coup d'état in 2002 allegedly supported by the Washington government.

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