Who In Venezuela Still Supports The Venezuelan Government?

Demonstrators clash with riot police while ralling against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Christian Veron

The Guardian: Chávez loyalists hold firm amid chaos in Venezuela: 'We are doing things right'

In 1992, Ruben Ávila helped lead the Venezuelan revolutionary’s coup attempt. In a rare interview he defends Nicolás Maduro and the course Chávez set

Ruben Ávila – an idealist raised on Marxist theory and stern military discipline – proudly followed the call of army paratrooper Hugo Chávez when he launched a coup d’etat in 1992 to try to oust a president they considered illegitimate.

It was Ávila who led the assault on the presidential palace, boldly driving a small tank up the steps, in an incident which provided an iconic image of the ultimately failed coup attempt against president Carlos Andrés Pérez.

“We were seeing the decomposition of the country,” says Ávila, now a retired major, explaining the decision to try to overthrow the government. “Our movement was born to fight against a corrupt unpopular government that was killing the Venezuelan people of hunger,” he said.

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WNU Editor: I have experienced this story more than once in Russia .... old time Communists/socialists who still believe in the cause, and who want another bite at the apple because they believe that the next time around it will be done better and more justly. Fortunately .... that is not going to happen. When I look at the Western world .... I am more forgiving .... when a political party and its leadership fails to deliver on their promises .... there are always those who will still believe in them because their personal condition has not degraded down enough and/or the opposition is not appealing for them to change their vote .... no surprises there. But it is countries like Venezuela where I have to shake my head. Venezuela has imploded in every way .... it has become a failed state. But even with all this misery, hunger, violence, deprivation, and desperation on every level .... there are still those who have the faith. As I said before .... in Russia these people will never have access to power because we all know who they are. Unfortunately for Venezuela .... it is these people who are in power .... and not surprising they are just delivering chaos and mayhem that is only going to get worse.

Update: Why am I not surprised .... Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to condemn Venezuelan President's actions (ABC News Online).