The deep political crisis in Venezuela won’t spill into an armed conflict in the country and claims about that have been exaggerated told political analyst and consultant in Venezuela Dimitris Pantulas.
“Civil war between the opposition and Chavists, supporters of left-wing ideology of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, is highly unlikely,” the expert said. The reason is very simple: the authorities are using only electoral support, let’s say, they don’t have a political movement that Chavez had.”
In 1999-2013, when Chavez ruled the country the Venezuelan society was split, but now there are no serious differences among social groups, while 80% of the country’s population is below the poverty line.
The expert noted that there are a number of factors in the Bolivarian Republic, which could be a reason for internal armed confrontation. “In Venezuela there are no differences based on ethnic, religious and regional grounds, which we saw in other countries, and there are no movements fighting for independence of certain regions,” Pantulas said. Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido earlier ruled out a civil war in the country, calling this a farce which incumbent President Nikolas Maduro wants to pitch.