...he spoke to the people in a language they understood. He told them about his daily reality and common problems.

This sounds familiar to me. That’s exactly what US felt and was said about Donald Trump. I hope the outcome won’t be the same 😱. If you didn’t mentioned Chavez and Venezuela 🇻🇪 and Venezuela’s final results, I would be certain you wrote about US corruption, careless politicians, careless money printing, debt pulling us down, Bankruptcy! That’s exactly what Trump’s weapon was and most of us believed him. There was this high level of political fanaticism as well. At the end, I doubt this could eventually happen in US, but I just don’t see this “bright future” here either.

Hollywood figures such as Sean Penn, Oliver Stone and Naomi Campbell took photos with Chavez and declared him the great “savior” of Latin America.

These “Hollywood people” are blindfolded for their money and their greed. They are not as smart and respectable anymore as they may think. Unfortunately the political system in Venezuela is completely under control of Chavez”rigged and corrupt system”. Unless someone from the outside steps in, I don’t expect any change. Just like you mentioned, some people will flee the country and some will continue to suffer. People in Venezuela can’t rely on government for a long time already and that’s why they feel second chance in decentralized blockchain technology and crypto. But this decentralized market is spreading all over the world.