For nearly three decades, the rallying cry “United, we will win!” defined the unbreakable facade of Venezuela’s Chavista movement, a fiercely nationalist socialist project that weathered decades of U.S. hostility, economic collapse, and mass unrest to hold onto power. From street protests to state television broadcasts, generations of Venezuelans—young and old, party leaders and grassroots loyalists—pumped their fists to the slogan, reinforcing the coalition’s lockstep loyalty to the project and its longstanding antagonism toward Washington. But that long-touted unity has fractured dramatically, following the January U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of longtime president Nicolás Maduro, opening deep rifts within the once-cohesive ruling bloc.
Venezuela’s ruling party unity cracks as Delcy Rodríguez shifts Chávez-era policies
