Why Chavez's Reforms Failed (A Reasoned Analysis)

I haven't written much on Venezuela's voting down Chavez's 60+ constitutional reforms (in part due to bureaucratic and research-based issues I've been having, but) primarily because of the difficulty in finding anything that isn't either painfully pro- or anti-Chavez (with the theories sometimes entering the painfully absurd and untrue). However, Stephanie Blankenburg has a great article up that very reasonably and intelligently goes through some of the possible reasons as to why the reforms failed here. It is well worth checking out, including some surprising (but very intelligent and well-argued) conclusions about the role of different classes in Venezuelan society, as well as the actual cultural and daily effects April's closing of RCTV may have had. I highly worth checking it out.