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The Impending Collapse Of Venezuela
Forbes ^ | 1/13/15 | Frances Coppola

Posted on 01/14/2015 11:56:15 AM PST by Kartographer

Shortages are nothing new in Venezuela. Indeed, a shortage of toilet paper has been the subject of global amusement for quite some time. But recently, the shortages have become much worse. Last week, a government official was jeered for saying that long lines indicated that “Venezuela has plenty of food”, when rows and rows of empty shelves in stores were telling a different story. Bloomberg reports that people are queueing overnight for necessities such as soap, milk and diapers. This is very dangerous. Venezuela is already one of the most violent societies on earth. And when shortages start to affect little children, people get angry.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: cuba; energy; iran; lebanon; nigeria; oil; opec; ruble; russia; saudiarabia; sudan; venezuela
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To: Kartographer

So that’s where word, “gibsmedat” originates!


61 posted on 01/14/2015 3:19:40 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: rdcbn

“Obama is following Hugo Chavez’s strategy for taking control of the government and the situation in Venezuela is where Obama is taking the United States.”

Just because Buckwheat is issuing illegal diktates doesn’t mean he has control. Far from it. In South Carolina, for example, 10 of Holder’s racist goons have been arrested and charged with incitement and mob action under the state’s anti-KKK law. They face 10 to 30 years in state prison.


62 posted on 01/14/2015 3:59:48 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Kartographer

Maybe we will get to see on National TV Maduro hunkered down like Salvador Allende back in 1973! Helmet and sub machine gun in his last few minutes of power.


63 posted on 01/14/2015 5:18:40 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: EQAndyBuzz; All

kinda like here it would NOT be the people.


64 posted on 01/14/2015 8:25:14 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: ozarkgirl

net time you go visit, when she isn’t looking box up and seal some things and put them under the bed, then, if something does happen she’s got stuff you could tell her about, or even give her a sealed envelope that she should open ONLY if something happens. Could be the difference between life and death, and with parents...sometimes you’ve got to be the adult.


65 posted on 01/14/2015 8:29:30 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: kidd
Venezuelans chose socialism/communism.

Venezuelans, aided and abetted by Jimmeh Cahtuh, chose socialism/communism. Recall that it was crooked election, supervised by Carter, that put Chavez in power.

And when the inevitable coup takes place, or the revolution begins, President Zero will be offering his support to the dictatorial regime.

66 posted on 01/14/2015 8:45:22 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTEAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: rdcbn

spot on. your post needs to be repeated .


67 posted on 01/14/2015 11:44:10 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: Shadowstrike

That’s a really great idea. I can fill it full of 100 calorie bags of popcorn and orange soda (that’s all she eats - crazy) but those things would last for several years. We sleep in the extra bedroom and she never goes in there, I could put under the bed and she’d never know.

Just kidding about the popcorn and drinks - I think if she was hungry enough she would eat whatever I had provided.


68 posted on 01/15/2015 5:33:21 AM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: Kartographer
Shortages are nothing new in Venezuela. [since they became a socialist country under Hugo Chavez]

OK, fixed.

69 posted on 01/15/2015 9:27:09 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have freedom or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: ozarkgirl

glad to have a helpful idea.


70 posted on 01/15/2015 8:12:07 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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