Venezuela is inching closer to complete disintegration. Police are using tear gas against protesters who want President Maduro to leave office. Ramon Muchacho, mayor of the Caracas district of Chacao, tweeted that people are hunting dogs and cats for food, and there are shortages of virtually every vital necessity. Venezuela is also suffering from a crippling drought which has cut back on its supply of hydroelecticity, the main source of electricity for the country.
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and US President Obama released a statement from the White House asserting that
“All nations and all communities can, and must, do better. Fortunately, human rights champions and good citizens around the world continue to strive towards this goal every day by lifting up the simple truth that LGBT rights are human rights. The United States honors their work and will continue to support them in their struggle for human dignity.”
Bojan Bugaric is Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and he has written on essay on the rising nationalist threat in Europe. Bugaric’s argument is that the single-minded pursuit of austerity in the European economies since the Great Recession of 2008 is largely responsible for the rise of the right-wing in Europe. His solution is for left and center-left parties to back stimulus packages to restart the sclerotic European economy. His solution is unquestionably the right one, but he does not really answer the question of how to mange this dramatic change in policy.
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