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So I’m curious and I know most others are, as to why they thought this was so.

I hate modern journalism. Shouldn’t this be in the lead?

I mean, did these people say it was the fault of the capitalists in Venezuela? Did they blame the United States? Or did they blame their reckless, failed-socialist government?

I actually had to click the links WITHIN CNN's story just to find my answer. Here it is, from Bloomberg's site. You have to click the hyperlink named "Tearful" within the article. As follows:

At least three women burst into tears when they reached the Colombian side, and a man shouted “Viva Colombia’’. Some cursed Maduro’s administration back home which they blamed for reducing them to the point where to buy products as basic as rice they now need to cross an international frontier.

“We were a nation that was super rich, and now look at us,” said Yorcy Exposito, who said she set out from her home in the city of San Cristobal at 4 a.m. “Our government just needs to go, and not come back. They humiliate us.”

I mean, did these people say it was the fault of the capitalists in Venezuela?

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Venezuela has been a mess for decades. Chavez made it worse while he enriched his family and friends. If all that Chavez did could be undone, Venezuela would still have problems.