Nicolás just granted himself -and general Vladimir Padrino López- the power to do whatever they please, using the economic war as pretext, protected by the economic emergency decree and holding the Constitution as if it was an emblem of injustice. In the background, a cardboard Chávez holds a cup of coffee and beside Nicolás, a waxworks Francisco De Miranda -with neatly-trimmed eyebrows- offered the only justification for the liberation epic bound up in his latest resolution.
“We’re at war,” he said, by way of explanation for his leitmotif: that he and Padrino López will have authority to dictate measures and resolutions “in real time” on any issue, which means that they may dictate expropriations, take over production, change distribution strategies, you name it .... http://www.caracaschronicles.com
