For those of you wondering why tend to I link to and discuss more Venezuela commentary coming from outside of the country, the reality is that on the pro-Chávez side, we already know what the arguments and attitude is, and from the anti-Chávez side, you can only call him a dictator so many times before it becomes rather boring, frankly.
So when someone brings to my attention a missive from in-country that aims above those discourses, I perk up. In today's edition of Tal Cual, there is an opinion article entitled, "Problemas de la unidad" addressing the "too many cooks" problem that frequently befalls opposition political movements. The entire piece is worth reading, but as is my custom, I will translate to English the portions I find most compelling:
It is easy to divide a party...the difficult part is to construct a new one.
Experienced organizers are needed, directors in all the instances and collective will. It is good that there are leaders in the opposition, many, but the chavista nightmare has shown us the negative role of a leader who believes himself to be supreme, above everyone else, and over there, under militance, "the people" as mere affiliates of a project.
...political parties are essential and should rescue popular confidence; they are necessary to organize people and are important for making a unified effort. The challenges of 2010 are already on the table and it is only possible to be successful with absolute unity of purpose, which begins in the parties and one's own internal life.
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