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The End of Chavismo

The Chavista movement was in peril. Ever since the death of Hugo Chavez after his years of rule in Venezuela, the Chavistas found themselves at a loss of leadership. Granted, they coalsced around Maduro for the elections back in 2013 with the hopes of him winning and it would be business as usual. Of course, it has not been business as usual as of late. After all, the Exxon-Mobil scandal would become a surprisingly defining feature of the early 2000s. It seemed like a slap to the face or the splash of cold water on the nations who were getting buzzed on oil. The companies were lying for profit; to the people and to the government. Gore did not stand for that and brought them to heel, encouraging the rest of the world to follow suit. The people, who's disdain toward the rich have been growing due to the news filled with corporate scandals. peaked here and cemented it. Climate change became accepted fact and a backlash against denalism grew as people were unhappy that they were conned by corporations for their profits. This meant that nations that relied on petrol for their exports found themselves in growing trouble. Venezuela was no excecption and it was there that the failures of the Chavista movement wa shown, at least in the fact they were putting all of their eggs in one basket when it came to exports. The only silver lining was that their more capitalist rivals were just as befuddled and perhaps still villianized. While the Chavistas were viewed as inept, the capitalists ended up looking even more foul. However, The opposition against the Chavistas adjusted, especially welcoming in the rising Ecological Movement and other green parties into their hold. Perhaps this adoption of the green along with the dissatisfication was what led to upset back in 2013.

Which saw Henrique Capriles would beat Nicolás Maduro getting around 5% of the vote more than him.

Of course, the Chavistas were more stung with the fact that protesting the results would spit in the face of Chavez's legacy over promoting the honesty and accuracy of his election processes. Despite this, they refused to cave in and kept asserting they were the ones in charge. As such, for the next two years, they were two Venezuelan governments. The Capriles Administration though was the one acknowledged by a majority of the world, including many of their South American nations. The Maduro Administration meanwhile suffered trouble from the get-go, especially as the other prominent members such as Jorge Arreaza and Diosdado Cabello began competing against Maduro for influence and further weakening the Chavistas in being able to manage things.

This led to another upset over in the 2015 parliamentary elections which saw the opposition gain a supermajority against the Chavistas and their alliances. Tension filled the air, but the result was clear. The Capriles government solidifed their hold as the true government of Venezuela. The Chavistas, now even cornered, tried relying on the courts, but the pushback was relentess. Protests ensued and the in-fighting led to the Chavistas scattering and breaking and the next several months would see Venezuela call for aid to deal with Maduro and prominent others. Military calls were threatened though with Capriles being recognized as the true government by virtually ever foreign power, many of the military kept to Capriles or switched to him.

However, this did not mean all was well with the opposition. The Justice First party saw themselves growing fragmented over since their big tent political stance was not truly needed without the Chavistas around. Of course, while they were the most prominent party and Capriles' own, the second and third largest parties in "A New Era" and "Popular Will" were large to overrule the more conservative elements along with the plans to heard toward renewables and green stances thanks to the Ecological Movement.

Capriles would work to have meetings with various world leaders to try and resolve Venezuela's problems while keeping mind for the people. The embargos would start lifting off of Venezuela to assist them. At the same time, the socialist ties did not exactly go away, given "A New Era" and "Popular Will"'s ties to the Socialist International, plus the growing idea of "ecosocialism" now being embraced. Venezeula still maintained ties with Cuba.

Many would see this as a large turning point. Some for victory and others for lost while others took pragmatic stances. All was what known was that it was the dawn of a new day in Venezuela.