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Updated April 9, 2021, 7:00 a.m.
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A mural of the eyes of the late President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in the center of Caracas during the first day of the strict curfew ordered by President Maduro, on March 22, due to the surge of cases of COVID-19 and the lack of vaccines.Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Getty
Marcela GarcÃaâs âA nuanced post-mortem on the 2020 Latino vote emergesâ (Opinion, April 6) is indeed nuanced but, at the same time, misleading. Cuban and Venezuelan voters in the United States hear about Democratic policies and think âsocialist.â But what they most likely fear is communism. Their countries of origin have been communist but have called themselves socialist, so the confusion is understandable. What is the difference? Democracy. Northern European countries have consistently had economies that are on a par with the United States as well as ranking higher on happiness scales. T