A young woman shows a sign that says ''your indifference makes me ashamed.'' Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. Juan Carlos Hernandez/Zuma Press/PA Images. All rights reserved.
There are two truths on Venezuela. The economic and political crisis is real and Nicolás Maduro’s government has a large share of responsibility for it. But it is also true that the news coverage of events in Venezuela exceeds sensationalism – it has entered the soap opera field. A defense of the lessons and achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution that duly takes into account its contribution to the universal history of emancipation, must therefore take a step back and keep some distance from both Maduro’s government and the media.
What is currently happening in Venezuela is reprehensible and the actions of Maduro’s government, in many respects, must be condemned - but not for the reasons put forward by the media. Take the case of the democratic situation in the country. From the point of view which is regularly and uncritically spread by the media, Venezuela has presumably breached the democratic order by failing to observe the division of powers.
