Venezuelan Bishops: Corrupt Marxist Government Caused National Crisis

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Breitbart:

In a stinging public letter, the Catholic bishops of Venezuela have accused their government of totalitarian oppression of citizens and widespread violations of human rights.

 

After enumerating a catalog of social and economic problems, the bishops identify the Marxist regime as the root cause of the problems generalized in the country.

 

“The main problem and the cause of this general crisis,” the bishops write, is the decision made by the National Government to adopt “a Marxist-Socialist or Communist political-economic system.”

 

“This totalitarian and centralized system,” they continue, “establishes State control over every aspect of the lives of citizens as well as of public and private institutions.”

 

“It moreover assails the freedom and rights of persons and associations and has led to the oppression and ruin of every country where it has been adopted,” they said.

 

Elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez became the central figure of the Venezuelan political landscape and established ever tighter controls over the country, abrogating laws at will and systematically stamping out adversaries. Upon his death in office in early 2013, Chávez was succeeded by Nicolás Maduro, a member of the leftist United Socialist Party of Venezuela, who has continued in his predecessor’s shoes.

________

 

The Church is still very important in Latin America. The regime will not be pleased...