TuncaCeleste

I'm from El Salvador.

We're in a Presidential elections period and the far-right (opposed to Maduro) is publishing spots stating that "Do you want to have NO chicken, flour and basic goods?!", making a direct reference to the shortage that's being reported on Venezuela.

Hello Chris,

I'm from El Salvador and the second round of elections are due this Sunday on a highly polarized political environment. The Venezuela case is an important factor in the election campaign for both parties, since the current party in power (FMLN) is aligned with the Maduro government and ALBA has been investing heavily in the country. The opposition party ARENA is clearly not happy about this.

ARENA has issued aggressive TV spots in which they accuse FMLN of wanting to implement a government "like Maduro's, in which there will be shortages of foodm basic goods" among other problems that are being seen in the media.

I think the national media does not give a clear picture of the on-going events, either, especially since it is a highly sensitive topic with elections coming on

I'd like to know how likely is this to happen in El Salvador, from your point of view as a specialist in Latin America.

Thanks for your time.

I'm always confused when it comes to money.

It may sound like a stupid question, but why doesn't Venezuela depend more on the ALBA countries and get off the USD?