Petro based economies are all bleeding, right now.
Chavez had 14 years to fix it and he made it much worse but his family became fabulously wealthy.The country was in financial trouble long before Hugo was voted in. You can thank the capitalist west for that. Another story where facts are just getting in the way of a good fairy-tale.
Chavez had 14 years to fix it and he made it much worse but his family became fabulously wealthy.
The lot of the average Venezuelan has not improved this century because of socialism.You have a problem with nationalized resources Wally?
That wasn't really my questionThe lot of the average Venezuelan has not improved this century because of socialism.
Their problem isn't low prices. Even when prices were high, they were going into the toilet.
They were instituting ridiculous leftist, populist and anti-capitalist policies that have failed repeatedly in developing countries.
When Marx said that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, he had Venezuela in mind.
Everything is the US of A's fault it seems. The bailiff should whack our pee pees.There are $19 trillion American reasons to discount your opinion about Venezuelas economic problems taking into account the dismall economic prospects in your adopted mega economic holocaust, thee USA. That hole is like unto thee pit of biblical acclaim.It is thought that the $19 trillion is a low end rough estimate. Even the pentagon cannot secure it's finances. Being eatin from within it is.![]()
Everything is the US of A's fault it seems. The bailiff should whack our pee pees.
The "American Dream " , as you call it exists only for a select few. This is a big country and we have our fair share of the working class. My suggestion is for you to broaden your vision instead of focusing on stereotypes and also,,,slack off on the conspiracy theories and tinfoil hat paranoia syndromes. Maybe remove the aluminum foil from your windows as well.How many times have I listened to some American president exclaim the superiority of the American nation over all other nations of all other times. They have even used the word exceptional. If fault is to be found it rest with you Ludlow and your habit of swilling bottles of American Dream. Quess what? You're not in Kansas anymore. You will be crushed by the world, your Babylonian cities will be razed to the ground and your breatherin driven into wandering the globe with their hands out begging for mercy. That's if you're lucky. Certainly the world needs an excuse, quess who they've selected to take the hurt?![]()
The "American Dream " , as you call it exists only for a select few. This is a big country and we have our fair share of the working class. My suggestion is for you to broaden your vision instead of focusing on stereotypes and also,,,slack off on the conspiracy theories and tinfoil hat paranoia syndromes. Maybe remove the aluminum foil from your windows as well..