The revolution at bay
Mismanagement, corruption and the oil slump are fraying Hugo Chávez’s regime
ON A Wednesday evening around 30 pensioners have gathered for a meeting in a long, brightly lit room in a largely abandoned shopping gallery in Santa Teresa, a rundown and overcrowded district in the centre of Caracas. After a video and some announcements, Alexis Rondón, an official of the Ministry of Social Movements and Communes, begins to speak. “Chávez lives,” he says. “Make no mistake: our revolution is stronger than ever.”
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The revolution at bay”
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