“Americans had really swirled away from leftism after the Cold War,” says Noah Smith, an economist and blogger who has observed the rise of a socialism-friendly generation in the U.S. But thanks in large part to the wave of energy behind Bernie Sanders beginning in 2015, he says, “it’s a cool thing now.”…  Now, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed radical socialist politics give it a potential alternative point of connection to younger people in the U.S. and elsewhere — one that the Maduro government is clearly trying to leverage. By Tony Francie Mawad. Full Text -> POLITICO

Traducción de cortesía -> “Los estadounidenses realmente se habían alejado del izquierdismo después de la Guerra Fría”, dice Noah Smith, un economista y bloguero que ha observado el surgimiento de una generación a favor del socialismo en los EE. UU. Pero gracias en gran parte a la ola de energía detrás de Bernie Sanders que comenzó en 2015, dice, “es algo genial ahora”….  Ahora, la política socialista radical autoproclamada de Venezuela le brinda un posible punto alternativo de conexión con los jóvenes en los EE. UU. y en otros lugares, uno que el gobierno de Maduro claramente está tratando de aprovechar.

Traducción al español -> Google Translación

The stubborn refusal of leftists, especially socialists and communists, to see what was happening in Venezuela and their willful blindness, have been sources of constant and simmering rage within me. So when Venezuelan Workers Solidarity (VWS) called out Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) on its delegation visiting Venezuela for a tryst with the Maduro government in a luxury hotel, I was initially delighted.  By Clifton Ross. Full Text -> CaracasChronicles