The False Media Narrative that the Chavista Leadership in Venezuela is about to Implode

A false narrative has been put out there by the mainstream media ever since President Maduro’s and Cilia Flores’ kidnapping on January 3, namely that the Chavista government is divided, and that there are “traitors” in the government. Today’s article in the NY Times titled “Splits Emerge Among Venezuelans as Revolutionary Dream Fades” attempts to build on this narrative, but without providing any concrete proof that there's tension and infighting among the Chavistas. The mainstream media played on the same narrative in 2013 following Chávez’s death when they predicted that Diosdado Cabello and Maduro were about to lock horns in a battle for leadership. None of that happened then, and there is no evidence that it’s about to happen now.