Hugo Chávez may be dead, but the disaster he set in motion is still very much alive. Several years ago, back when Chávez was still busy turning Venezuela into Zimbabwe, I asked a friend what he expected for his country once Hugo left power. "El chavismo is like a 70-year-old bus with loose steering, failing brakes, and no suspension, hurtling down a mountain road with cliffs on both sides and no guard rails," he said. "After Chávez, the next driver may or may not be another madman, but it will still be the same bus hurtling down the same road." And now, with Chávez's chosen successor, Nicolás Maduro, steering, the wheels are coming off the bus.
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