Maduro to unilaterally suspend all education in advance of elections

[GatoGordo]

Classes will be suspended as of May 15 by elections
By: Press Min Education | Thursday, 05/10/2018 06:21 AM

Caracas, May 10 - As of May 15, classes will be suspended throughout the national territory, for the presidential elections to be held on May 20, reported the Ministry of Education.

Through a statement, posted on the Ministry's Twitter account, the ministerial body said that the classes will be suspended until May 21.

"Suspension of school activities are motivated to the Electoral Schedule corresponding to the process of Presidential Election and State Legislative Councils, scheduled for May 20, 2018, by the National Electoral Council," the text reads.

For the presidential elections of this Sunday more than 20 million people are called, who will choose between five candidates for the next President of the Republic for the period 2019-2025.

https://www.aporrea.org/educacion/n324891.html

Aporrea is a website devoted to all things Chavismo. The Venezuela equivalent of DU.

It is estimated that 1/2 of eligible children do not go to classes any longer. Teachers have long since deserted their positions and have either taken positions outside of teaching or fled the country. There are few buses to transport students, and new dictates force young children to walk over 4 kilometers to school in urban areas. Rural schools typically are closed.

Maduro's major concern is that his core constituency (20% of Venezuela are loyal to Chavez and his movement) will not show up at the polls, making it difficult for him to manifest his prediction that 10 million will vote for him.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

1. The Venezuela/Chavismo equivalent of DU??

Based on your long lineage of anti Ven/anti Chavismo posting, you are insulting and attacking DU itself.

Your entire doggerel along this line is, IMO, tantamount to disruptive behavior here.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. Gato Gordo is a rich source of accurate information on the abuses and incompetence of chavismo

Venezuela is the biggest story and tragedy in the hemisphere right now no matter how much the chavistas here try to ignore or hide it.
Gatogordo is posting stories that everyone should see and needs to see.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

3. I have no problem with that. It's the comments on DU being like Chavismo propaganda outlets.

Do you not see that?

Or, do you agree that DU is like Chavismo propaganda outlets?

[GatoGordo]

4. As opposed to the acolytes for Marxist/Leninism on this forum?

Perhaps you ought to check out Aporrea before harshing it? It is a blog not unlike the Daily Kos and Huffington Post but from the Chavist perspective. It is also a forum for Chavists to extol the virtues of Chavez, Chavismo and leftist thought. It is NOT an official, bought and paid for mouthpiece of Chavismo, ala TeleSur and VenezuelaAnalysis. Or Granma.

DU is not the official mouthpiece of the Democratic Party, and Aporrea is not the official mouthpiece of Chavismo.

You are wrong again.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

5. How am I wrong?

Two of your comments in this thread ...

"DU is not the official mouthpiece of the Democratic Party, and Aporrea is not the official mouthpiece of Chavismo."

"Aporrea is a website devoted to all things Chavismo. The Venezuela equivalent of DU."

A direct slam of DU by you, based on your own constant trashing Chavismo. By creating a parallel between a Chavismo propaganda forum and DU, you are saying that DU is a propaganda forum.

Is english your primary language? That might explain why you think I'm wrong.


I have no problem with the post links and other related discussion. I think it is a problem to slam DU while posting on DU. It might even be against the rules here. I don't know.

[GatoGordo]

6. I think you are struggling

to find evil where none exists. Do you think that there is some sort of party purity test here at the DU?

Welcome to DU, noob.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

7. Huh? This is Democratic Underground.

Maybe you should read this ...



Democratic Underground Terms of Service
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

[GatoGordo]

8. What is the litmus test that you would have all non Marxist/Leninist Dems to submit to?

?

[Mike Rows His Boat]

9. Too puerile to respond to.

How old are you? (Rhetorical question.)