It is clear that what was once known as the “Bolivarian Revolution” has run its course. The government of Nicolas Maduro has systematically destroyed everything that was built by Hugo Chavez in the period of 2003-2013. The end result of the Maduro government is a failed state. Venezuela is now gripped by mass poverty, famine, hyperinflation and endemic crime. There is no electricity and no running water. The social programs established by Chavez have been defunded, the Misiones have all been shut down. The public health care system is in a state oif collapse. Five million Venezuelas have fled the country.
In context of this grim picture, the parties of the left have now joined together in the Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria coalition. They have broken with the failed policies of the Maduro government and are running their own candidates in the December 2020 parliamentary elections. Aside from denouncing the “social democratic” cum neo-liberal degeneration of the ruling PSUV they also denounce the nagative impact of the enbargo and sanctions imposed by American imperialism. The embargo and sanctions aggravate the economic and social crisis created by the failure of Maduros policies.
“Tras años de arduas y acaloradas discusiones, reordenamientos tácticos y ajustes en el accionar político de las organizaciones, finalmente ha nacido la Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria, una alianza de partidos y movimientos de izquierda que se muestran decididos a marcar un decisivo deslinde de las políticas anti-populares del gobierno nacional y ofrecer un nuevo referente obrero, campesino y popular al país, por una salida revolucionaria a la crisis del capitalismo.”
