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Bernie Sanders: Don't compare my socialism with that of Venezuela

2019-09-13T07:52:35.301Z


"In terms of democratic socialism, equating what happens in Venezuela with what I believe is extremely unfair," said Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders last ...


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Bernie Sanders during the third Democratic debate.

(CNN) - If you want to know the kind of government that Bernie Sanders imagines, don't think of Venezuela, the Vermont senator said Thursday during the third Democratic presidential debate.

"In terms of democratic socialism, equating what happens in Venezuela with what I believe is extremely unfair," said Sanders in response to a question from journalist Jorge Ramos, one of the moderators of the debate. “I agree with (what happens in) Canada and Scandinavia, guaranteeing medical attention to all people as a human right. I believe that the United States should not be the only important country in the world that does not provide paid family and medical licenses. ”

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In his response, Sanders was inspired by a speech he delivered in Washington earlier this year explaining his position on ideology. It focuses on a more moderate form of socialism that does not require the nationalization of the main industries, but rather extends and reinforces the social security network and offers workers a greater voice on how large corporations are managed.

“We have three people in the United States who have more wealth than the bottom half of this country. You have a handful of billionaires who control what happens on Wall Street, insurance companies and the media. Maybe, just maybe, what we should be doing is creating an economy that works for all of us, not for 1%, ”Sanders said in Houston. "That is my idea of ​​democratic socialism."

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When Ramos asked him if, after he objected in the past, he would call the beleaguered president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro “dictator,” Sanders again missed the opportunity.

But he was hardly kind in describing it.

“Well, first of all, let me be clear. Anyone who does what Maduro does is a perverse tyrant, ”said Sanders, before reiterating his position on Venezuela:“ What we need now is international and regional cooperation to have free elections in Venezuela and that the people of that country can do, You can create your own future. ”

For his part, the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julián Castro, was more direct.

"I'll call Maduro dictator," he said when Sanders finished, "because he's a dictator."

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Source: cnnespanol

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