Chavismo has always been a weak cause, a social democratic movement born primarily out of the ballot box, although they did have to fight in the streets for it on many occasions they never had a full revolution.

I have been saying this all year, if you think Rodriguez is a new element suddenly changing course then you haven't ever looked into the subject and probably don't have any right to speak on it.

Maduro was already trying to do most of what Rodriguez is doing, he already was inviting foreign capital in from the US, he already did an amnesty law for opposition forces and even began the process of making the new one before the abduction, and most importantly neither he nor chavez sufficiently drove their economic diversification to be more self sufficient and less reliant on oil exports.

These are legacy problems that Rodriguez inherited, not new things she just decided to do a few months ago. They aren't even trying to have a material analysis and have consistently made up evidence so I guess wreckers gonna wreck.

Maduro did realize after years of sanctions to start empowering the commune movement, to his credit, and we see that vein being supported more each year. I personally want to see that continue and won't disparage the people doing it against all odds while being under siege.