The government's poll numbers are garish (now that it doesn't matter)

Credit where credit is due. People say chavismo is terrible at planning, but it just isn’t true: the double-time dismantling of what was left of Venezuela’s democratic institutions...

Credit where credit is due. People say chavismo is terrible at planning, but it just isn’t true: the double-time dismantling of what was left of Venezuela’s democratic institutions came just in time. Because with poll numbers like these, if any mechanisms were left to make the government responsive to what people think, they’d have a lot to worry about.