While seeking to make an economic adjustment，the Maduro government failed to forge consensus on it within the ruling PSUV party. There were three major government reshuffles in 2014 as a result of ideological difference and factional fight. From February to June，Venezuela witnessed a nation-wide and extremely violent anti-government protest causing at least 43 people dead. Thanks to most regional countries’ support，the Maduro government managed to prevent the US from taking advantage of the event to isolate it in the region. A sharp decrease of export oil prices heavily impaired Venezuela’s economic performance and plunged the country into a recession. In spite of economic hardship，the Maduro government continued to follow an expansionary fiscal policy to sustain those social projects to consolidate popular support.