Bolivarian Baloney: Why Simón Bolívar is a Terrible Mascot for Venezuela’s Socialist Party
Venezuela’s famous (or, perhaps, infamous) “Bolivarian Revolution” has been in the spotlight lately as the country’s political crisis threatens to spiral into counterrevolution and civil war. Named for the great Liberator of northern South America, Simón Bolívar, the Bolivarian Revolution (or alternately Bolivarismo) is the name given to the the socialist reorganization of Venezuelan society […]