Government division delays economic reforms in Venezuela
All of Venezuela was holding its breath last Tuesday. It was the day when President Nicolás Maduro was due to release details about what he terms “el sacudón” (the shakeup), a restructuring plan to streamline government and address the economic crisis that is gripping the country.
The matter was apparently so urgent that the president rescheduled his weekly program, En contacto con Maduro (In touch with Maduro), before traveling to Brazil that night to take part in the summit of BRICS nations.
Yet the television program began three hours behind schedule. And when it did, Hugo Chávez’s successor let his audience down by postponing his important announcements until August 15. Instead, Maduro treated everyone to a special feature about the first anniversary of his marriage to “First Combatant” Cilia Flores, including a video of the happy couple that he ordered the station to air.
What had happened?
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