Essa é a pergunta que faz a revista inglesa The Economist, em artigo publicado hoje. Veja um trecho do mesmo abaixo, seguido do respectivo hiperlink:
“WHEN Hugo Chávez first proposed abolishing a clause in the constitution he himself had sponsored which limits the president to two consecutive terms Venezuelans rebuffed the idea. That was in a referendum in December 2007. But Mr Chávez, who claims to be leading a socialist revolution, is not a man to take “no” for an answer. Describing the opposition victory as “shit”, he vowed to reverse it. On February 15th, after a blitzkrieg campaign involving the brazen use of state resources, the president finally got the answer he wanted. Some 55% of a high turnout of voters said “yes” to a referendum question so convoluted as to be barely intelligible. The constitution will now be amended to permit elected officials at all levels to stand for the same post as often as they like. So Mr Chávez will no longer automatically have to leave office in January 2013, after 14 years in power. But will Venezuelans want to elect him again?“
Bom, se continuar do jeito que está acho que a resposta para a pergunta da The Economist é não. Governantes do estilo de Chavez são cíclicos nos países latino-americanos. E acho que o fim do atual ciclo está mais próximo do que se pensa…
