https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2014/04/30/venezuelan-socialist-maduros-latest-populist-ploy-for-fixing-systemic-economic-woes-raising-the-minimum-wage/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:07:33 -0400<![CDATA[The protests against runaway inflation, political corruption, rampant crime, and mass shortages of even the most basic foodstuffs have ranged from roiling to simmering for going on three months now as the government of Hugo-Chavez-successor Nicolas Maduro has been flailing around in its injudicious attempts to address Venezuela&#8217;s many economic and social crises. In the past few weeks particularly the regime has been trying to tamp down on the unrest, and last week, the country&#8217;s Supreme Court imposed new regulations limiting citizens&#8217; right to protest with some trumped-up permitting process:]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:21:24 -0400<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2014/04/30/venezuelan-socialist-maduros-latest-populist-ploy-for-fixing-systemic-economic-woes-raising-the-minimum-wage-n189455