[henkster]

What’s that definition of insanity again?

[Paladin2]

"business interests are colluding with the U.S. to sabotage the economy."

Wow! same as here........

[PGR88]

We actually need a socialist country like Venezuela destroying itself in real-time to continually prove to a world which never learns, the evils of socialism.

[KC_Lion]

Just.

Wow

[dfwgator]

“General Pinochet, White Courtesy Phone...”

[EagleUSA]

Fools. They have NEVER learned.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Luis Salas, the new 39-year-old vice president for the economy, has scant administrative experience, but champions the same theories of price and currency controls that have defined Venezuela’s leftist economic policy for 17 years.”

Well, if Madure fires him—and if Luis isn’t strung up to a lamp post first—he could join Bernie Sanders’s group of economic policy advisers.

[Jim W N]

Young socialist hardliner will lead RUIN Venezuela's economy

There, fixed it.

[sphinx]

He also created a new urban agriculture ministry and announced that he and first lady Cilia Flores had taken up urban farming themselves. "Cilia and I keep 50 chickens at our home. It's time to start building a new culture of production," he said.

That'll work. 30 million Venezuelans will be asked to feed themselves with backyard gardens since there is nothing in the stores.

I wonder how long it will take Bernie to propose a similar step in the U.S. Maybe we could counterpropose a modest trial run, starting with the Food Stamp population, just to see how it works out.

[ClearCase_guy]

This is great news. They need to show the world the magic of full throttle Socialism.

[driftless2]

Says Salas:

"You know citizens, you might think things are bad now with you lining up for toilet paper. But when I get through with my plans, all toilets will be confiscated. Doing you business inside your house (we'll confiscate those eventually as well) is a bourgeois practice. We have to eliminate that. Get it....eliminate that practice. Who said communists don't have a sense of humor."

[TruthWillWin]

Hey Bernie, how’s socialism working in Argentina? Or will your policies work because you are a Communist and not a socialist?

[MarchonDC09122009]

This serves as a reminder to never underestimate the sheer power and long term destruction that masses of low information voters cause.

God help us.

[ETL]

"We are creating a new world, a balanced world. A new world order, a multipolar world," Chavez told reporters during a visit to Communist China, one of many. His "new world order" includes [RUSSIA], China, Iran,... and a significantly weakened United States, he explained.

Resurgent Communism in Latin America
by Alex Newman, March 16, 2010:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/3122-resurgent-communism-in-latin-america?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html

[ETL]

How Russia arms America's southern neighbors

Ioan Grillo
May 9, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region.

Vladimir Putin has been strengthening military links here, and Russia is now the largest arms dealer to governments in Latin America, surpassing the United States.

Russia has even floated the possibility of building new military bases in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and putting its warships permanently in the Caribbean.

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, where he announced that Russia would also pour money into the new Central American canal project. ..."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america
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Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb. 11 to 14. It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/

[Wonder Warthog]

Well, the truth is that the USA “did” sabotage their economy, but it wasn’t due to any conspiracy or government policy, just the result of good old capitalist innovation. In this case, horizontal drilling and fracking, which suddenly made the value of their easy to obtain but hard to process oil drop.

Of course, their economy was already “in the crapper” due to the inefficiencies of socialism and the certain failure of a command economy.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Unfortunately for young socialist hardliners, capitalism produces the things young socialist hardliners wish to redistribute.

[JEDI4S]

Well there goes the plan to ease the toilet paper crisis down the crapper.

...he he...sometimes my fingers...they have a mind of their own...

snorkel snorkel...

Used sandpaper anyone....to help a nation in need?

:-)

[aquila48]

Leftists never give up. The only way you stop them is by hanging them.

[Iron Munro]

What could possibly go wrong?

Look how well it has worked for the 57 United Socialist States Of Nobama....