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Weekly Report - 02 February 2012 (WR-12-05)
Chávez falls back on the ultimate panacea
When troubles come, create another level of bureaucracy. It is a simple rule of thumb that has served Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez well for years but as October’s elections approach, he seems more and more convinced of its efficacy. Chávez knows there is a pressing need to be seen to be tackling public security, a perennial problem in Venezuela and the principal public concern, so he created a new political entity, a council of state, to form a commission to combat it. He also announced a whole new political structure to address another enduring problem – stagnant agricultural production.
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