‘It’s utter surrealism’: Venezuela’s Chavistas lament government’s embrace of Trump
Diehard supporters of Venezuela's former socialist government are expressing disillusionment as the current administration shifts toward closer ties with the United States. The political U-turn has led to the cancellation of state-funded propaganda shows and internal ideological conflict.
Why it matters
It illustrates a significant geopolitical shift in Latin America and the internal friction caused by changing government alliances.
An image of Venezuela’s former president Hugo Chávez in Mario Silva’s home studio in La Guaira. An image of Venezuela’s former president Hugo Chávez in Mario Silva’s home studio in La Guaira. Venezuela ‘It’s utter surrealism’: Venezuela’s Chavistas lament government’s embrace of Trump Diehard Hugo Chávez supporters struggle to comprehend ideological U-turn being executed by Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administration
Prefer the Guardian on Google H e was one of the most passionate propagandists for Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian revolution: a feisty leftist TV personality who spent more than two decades singing the movement’s praises on his state-funded show, The Razorblade.
Mario Silva’s devotion was such that he often hosted his programme with Chávez’s portrait behind him and he had El Comandante’s curly signature tattooed on to his left wrist.
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